Despatch Runners
Source text
Section titled “Source text”A scout is sent out to take note of some well-known spot, say, the post office in a neighbouring town or district. He will there get the note stamped with the post mark of the office and return. The rest of the scouts are posted by their leader to prevent him getting there by watching all the roads and likely paths by which he can come, but none may be nearer to the post office than two hundred yards. The despatch runner is allowed to use any disguise and any method of travelling that he can hit upon.
In the country the game may similarly be played, the scout being directed to go to a certain house or other specified spot.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting for Boys (1908)
- Printed pages: 53–54
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 53
- Read the automatic translation: sfb-005