Dispute Over Morskie Oko
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Section titled “Translated text”Two patrols send one guide each to a chosen spot called the Morskie Oko (Sea Eye). Naturally, both take different routes. The rest of each patrol sets off after a quarter of an hour, following the tracks of their own guide. Once the two guides reach the Morskie Oko, they wait there for their patrols to arrive—or for the dispute to be settled. From that point on, they remain passive, assuming the role of judges.
The patrol that arrives first prepares snowballs and arranges their sticks at a distance of 6 steps around the patrol flag, which the patrol leader has planted at the disputed boundary. When the second patrol approaches, they attempt to seize the lying sticks, but the first patrol greets them with a hail of snowballs in defense of their sticks. The number of attackers steadily decreases, as anyone hit by a snowball must withdraw from the game. Both patrols throw snowballs at each other.
Each accurate throw and each captured stick counts as 1 point. If the attacking side gains more than half the points, they win the right to possess the Morskie Oko, while the defenders may only invoke the right of prescription once they have eliminated all their opponents to the last man.
Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — image 56.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Herman A. Mojmir, Ćwiczenia i zabawy skautowe (1912)
- Printed pages: 44–45
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 44
- Read the source text: ciz-058