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... Party 3. In Case of Death . 4. Bush Laws 5. Carrying the Wounded 6. Securing Prisoners 7. Hostile Neighbourhood . DEFENCE 1. Camp Fortification 2. Weapons HIDING PLACES , OR CACHES . 1. To make a Câche . 2. Notices to another Party 3 ...
... Party 3. In Case of Death . 4. Bush Laws 5. Carrying the Wounded 6. Securing Prisoners 7. Hostile Neighbourhood . DEFENCE 1. Camp Fortification 2. Weapons HIDING PLACES , OR CACHES . 1. To make a Câche . 2. Notices to another Party 3 ...
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... party should at once be spread out as skirmishers , and the dogs cheered on . There is great instinct shown in discovering water - dogs find it out well , and the fact of a dog looking refreshed , and , it may be , wet , has often and ...
... party should at once be spread out as skirmishers , and the dogs cheered on . There is great instinct shown in discovering water - dogs find it out well , and the fact of a dog looking refreshed , and , it may be , wet , has often and ...
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... party . Savages are always getting burnt , and we should take warning from their carelessness ; sometimes they find a single scathed tree without branches , and which they have no means of felling ; this they set fire to as it stands ...
... party . Savages are always getting burnt , and we should take warning from their carelessness ; sometimes they find a single scathed tree without branches , and which they have no means of felling ; this they set fire to as it stands ...
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... party make their fire - places close together , in two or more parallel lines , and sleep in between them ; the stones prevent the embers from flying about and doing mischief , and also , after the fires have quite burnt out , they ...
... party make their fire - places close together , in two or more parallel lines , and sleep in between them ; the stones prevent the embers from flying about and doing mischief , and also , after the fires have quite burnt out , they ...
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... party , usually pass frosty nights on the moor - side . They cut quantities of heather , and strew part of it as a bed on the ground , then all the party lie 28 § 3. DIFFERENT WAYS OF BIVOUACKING . Different ways of Bivouacking •
... party , usually pass frosty nights on the moor - side . They cut quantities of heather , and strew part of it as a bed on the ground , then all the party lie 28 § 3. DIFFERENT WAYS OF BIVOUACKING . Different ways of Bivouacking •
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