66 Boy Scouts corner places. Then take the triangle along the banit in the direction of C until. C' D' are in line with the sight object,
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. ?-: ................................ ? , ---_--.- .... . .. $ H while B' C ' is in line '- withthepegsB C. Then ' ? the length of the long base B C' will equal the
- . distance from B to X.
*'x To measure the space
i between two distant ' objects, D and E. Line ? .4 B on one, then move this right-angled tri- angle until F G is lined '- on the other, with B G ? '?' in line with G H. B G equals the space ! ?! between D and E then. I If the distance is con- ] { siderable, it may be I measured sometimes r ? t by sound. Thus, when a gun is fired, a man 1 is chopping, or a dog J?" ?i barking, count the sec? onds between the sight and the hearing of the sound, and multiply by j/?.t?/ '",, eleven hundred feet, whizh is the distance To climb a tree that is too thick--Place a sound ttra.v. el?l?in a small tree against it. s?e?on?.
