A large number of
Boy Scouts have, by taking up "sea scouting" and by learning boat
management and seamanship, been able to take their place in the
service of their Country as seamen on our battleships, and in the
merchant service, and as lifeboatmen upon our coasts.
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SEAMANSHIP GAMES.
During the summer months Scouts in many parts of the country practise
sea scouting as well as camping on shore. This involves living on
board ship and learning all the duties of sailors--going on watch,
going aloft, managing boats, saving life at sea, and swimming and
saving life from drowning--with plenty of interesting games and
practices.
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SMUGGLERS.
One game which can be played either by night or day is that of
"Smugglers."
A patrol of smugglers endeavour to land from the seaward in a boat to
conceal their goods, which consist of nothing more valuable than "a
brick to each man," in a place called the "Smugglers' Cave," and then
to get away in their boat again.
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