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Section titled “Translated text”A good camp exercise is the task of recording answers to questions about lengths and heights, for example:
- How tall am I in my hat? When sitting on a stool? When sitting on the ground? When lying on my back?
When lying ready to shoot? In a straddle? In a lunge? In a squat? And so on.
- What is the length of the camp table? What is the height of a nearby house? What is the height of a given landmark tree? And so on.
The winner is the one who provides the greatest number of measurements, most closely approximating the truth.
A more challenging variation of this game is estimating distances. For this purpose, several scouts of equal height are sent out from the camp. All are ordered to walk in a straight line and count their steps. The judge positions them and records the number of steps for each station. Meanwhile, those remaining in the camp estimate the distance, and the instructor records their guesses. Upon the judge’s return, the winner is the one whose numbers most closely match the truth.
Source of scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — page 19.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Herman A. Mojmir, Ćwiczenia i zabawy skautowe (1912)
- Printed pages: 7–8
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 7
- Read the source text: ciz-013