In camp you can generally tell a tenderfoot from an old scout from the
way in which he sits down.
[Illustration: THE WRONG WAY.]
A tenderfoot sits right down on the ground, but the old hand, knowing
that this is very likely to give you chill and bring on fever,
rheumatism, or other ailments, either squats on his heel, or on both
heels--which comes all the more easy if you put a stone under each
heel as a support, or if you have your back against a tree.
[Illustration: THE RIGHT WAY.]
When an old scout sits on the ground, he always takes care either to
sit on his hat, or on a bundle of dry heather, or something that will
keep him off the actual ground.
[Illustration: HOW AN OLD HAND SITS DOWN.]
Two ex-Boy Scouts, now officers in the Army, sent me a contribution to
our funds lately, as a thanks offering for all the campaigning dodges
which they had learnt as Scouts and which had been most helpful to
them on active service.
So practise all you can of these tips which I have given: you never
know when they may not come in useful to you.