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Sew and darn a shirt and trousers.
Understand the general principle of marine engines, and steam or hydraulic winch.
Knowledge of the different national flags and rigs of sailing vessels and classes of men-of-war.
Marksman. — Pass the following tests for miniature rifle shooting:—
Score not less than 114 points in 30 shots.
The 30 shots may all be fired at 20, 25, 50, or 100 yards, or in a series of 10 at each of three distances, or in a series of 10 at one distance and a series of 20 at another distance, but not of necessity on the same day.
N.R.A. standard targets to be used.
Scoring: Bull's Eye, 5 points; Inner, 4 points; Magpie, 3 points ; Outer, 2 points.
Or as alternative. — Pass the tests for shooting with the cross-bow. See Scout Chart, No. 17. Price 15c., post-free.
Also. — Judge distance on unknown ground: five distances between 50 and 300 yards, five between 300 and 600 yards, with not more than an error of 15 per cent. on the average.
Master-at-Arms. — Proficiency in three out of these six subjects: Single stick, boxing, ju jitsu, wrestling, quarter staff, and fencing.
Stalkers. — Series of twenty photographs of wild animals or wild birds taken from life by the scout, and all developed and printed by himself.
Or alternative. — A collection made by the scout himself of sixty species of wild flowers, ferns, or grasses, dried and mounted, and correctly named.
Or alternative. — Colored drawings of twenty flowers, ferns, or grasses, or twelve sketches from life of animals or birds; all must be done by the scout himself, and original sketches, as well as finished pictures, must be submitted.
Or alternative. — Be able to name sixty different kinds of animals, insects, reptiles, or birds in a museum or zoological garden, and give particulars of the lives and habits, appearance and markings of twenty of them.
