March in a Straight Direction
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Section titled “Translated text”From a staff planted in the ground by the patrol leader, the scouts march one after another in a straight line toward a designated target (a tree trunk, the edge of a house, etc.). During the march, they help themselves maintain an accurate direction by selecting intermediate points (pebbles, clumps of earth, light or dark patches of ground, etc.) lying on the line of march. After walking 100 (or 200–400) paces, each scout plants their staff where they have stopped. The patrol leader, looking through his staff at the target, measures the extent of the deviation from the line of march; the winner is the one who deviated the least.
The deviation is always measured from the same position, holding a ruler horizontally, with the arm extended. If the scouts march one after another to the same target, each must remove their staff after measuring the deviation, as it could mislead the next scout during their march.
At first, they march shorter distances, then longer ones (also running), first on level ground and then on uneven terrain, but always with the target constantly in sight.
Source scan: Polona / National Library of Poland, marked “Public domain”. View scan — PDF page 87.
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- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Zygmunt Wyrobek, Harcerz w polu: zabawy i gry terenowe (1946)
- Printed pages: 81 / PDF 87
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 81
- Read the source text: hwp-020