GUIDE NOTES

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21258, 1 September 1934, Page 9

GUIDE NOTES

—*»• l-'ricutl to Aturnab. Bad;-,'- Tins badge was gamed by the follow in;:; guides: A. Cogle. K. Bliss, C. Woods G. Woods, and B. Morgan i Heallu.otc Company). Ranger Council --The next meeting will be at the Jockey Club rooms on September 10. at 7.30 p.m. The debate for the Lady Blcdisloe Cim will be held, title. "'Do you consider Work. Guiding contributes towards vvurKl Peace?" St. Luke's Earners will tak* the affirmative and Cashmere bangers the negative. Peggy Square:-; Rangers are asked U Icavc their peggy squares at trie guide office as soon as possible. Cook's Badge—The lest fur tin: badge will be held at Ihe Aonnn School on Saturday, September o Owing to holidays, particulars as ti time, etc., have not been available, but will appear in this column ' day, or information can be oblaniet at the guide office on or alter ocptember 6. , Officers' Club- Miss Mac Lean will U at the next meeting of tlw club o; Thursday, September .R to judge UK debate which is to be held.

Camp Fires and How to ISuihl Them During holiday lime and providing the weather is not too bad we begin; to think of rambles out-of-doors and above all of camp. Camping at once suggest:; a tire, and though there are; many methods of making one, the sue- j cess of each depends en the building' : One of the easiest ways to boil a smailj billy is to cut a short .orbed suck, , sharpen the thick end and I<-ave the I fork at the top. Drive this slick lirml.v : into the ground. Then get a longer, green slick with a twig :sub at one , end, or cut a notch Ihere. sharpen! this stick like the other, then drive the sharp end into the. ground at an angle so that it rests in the notch ol the short, upright stick. Hang .hecan from the notch and the stick will bend so that the can swings clear ot the ground at whatever angle you adjust the stick. Now build the fire under the can, but first, of all be sure to remove the square of turf on which you are going to build it. This must be carefully kept to replace wnen you leave. Some stuffing or "punk is required for the centre of the lire. In ibis just a handful of dry pine needles, grass or shavings. bound these set some very small Ihm slick.-,, propped up in pyramid shape with plenty of air space between them. Outside put a few larger twigs rind then set a "match to the punk. The lames with their upward tendency, will eooh blaze merrily, and then careful feeding with heavier twigs- r still pointing upwards—will boil the biliy. Ihio is the wigwam method. Another good way is the eobhouse fire which consists of four stout sticks arranged at right angles to each other to form a square. The punk and twigs are put in the middle and the twigs are built up criss-cross on the mam sticks as a child builds a card house. Runners up are finally stuck round, and a light roof put on. When a match is applied to the centre the liarnes creep to the roof and the whole soon bla7.es. This is good to sit by, bur is often too fierce for cooking. ' When cooking for a good many persons (he best fire is made between parallel lines of bricks or stones. This lire is fed from one end. and the line; of bricks are left wider open at thewindward end to eaten die draught. The smoke is blown out throiign Lie narrow end. while the pots and pans rest safelv on the bricks. The trencn fire is made on the same principle, and is generally uaco in a dry .season or in very windy weather. A narrow trench is dug in.Jinc- with the wind, the windward end being made wider than the other. An iron bar or two should be laid across the trench lor the pots to stand on. The lire is lighted at the windward end and the heat and smoke are blown along tintrench, the latter going out at the narrow end. ' Another good fire is made of torn: green logs. Two short Jogs are placed

; ;■ little apart, and they are crossed by -the longer ones, leaving a triangular . opening between them for the fire. The •'lop log:; should be flattened in the - middle for die pots to ;;taud firmly on i I hem. Sometimei .stones of the right 1 , size and shape can be used, but they ■ do not contribute anything towards the ,•. heat of the fire, aad are not so easy to manage, r i A splendid lire to sit by in the evenj: ing is the star or Indian fire. It is r nlfo the most labour-saving. Three or = I'our good-sized logs are arranged on _• the ground like the spokes of a wheel. -• A little wigwam ilre is then built, in the small hole in the centre where the " ! logs meet. As the ends of the big logs i• j catch fire and burn away, they arc J j pushed in.