The Grid
Translation details
Model:mistral-medium-2604.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”A piece of cardboard, divided into 16 squares measuring 6 × 6 cm, is placed on a tree trunk at eye level.
Single- or double-digit numbers are placed in these squares, leaving some empty (see Fig. 24).
Scouts, each equipped with a similarly gridded sheet, line up at a distance of several dozen paces from the cardboard and attempt to read the numbers, recording the ones they decipher in the corresponding squares on their own sheets. Naturally, one will manage this from a greater distance, another from a shorter one. They therefore advance slowly, and each scout who has filled their entire sheet stops and marks the spot they have reached.
The patrol leader checks the sheet, confirming its correctness or identifying errors (in which case the scout moves closer to correct the mistake). Finally, the distance in paces from which the numbers were correctly read is recorded. When the game is repeated at a later time, the results are compared to determine any improvement—i.e., whether a given scout has read the numbers from a greater distance than before.
The cardboard is intended for long-term use, so the numbers are not drawn directly on it but on separate slips of paper, which are placed in the squares. Both the numbers and their arrangement are changed each time.
| 14 | 26 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 5 | ||
| 77 | 3 | 32 | |
| 19 | 85 |
Fig. 24.
Scan source: Polona / National Library of Poland, marked “Public domain”. View scan — PDF pages 89–90.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Zygmunt Wyrobek, Harcerz w polu: zabawy i gry terenowe (1946)
- Printed pages: 83–84 / PDF 89–90
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 83
- Read the source text: hwp-024