Other Scouts arc distributed as "preventive men" to watch the coast
for a considerable distance with sentries. So soon as one of these
preventive men sees a smuggler land he gives the alarm, and collects
the rest to attack them; but the attack cannot be successful unless
there are at least as many preventive men on the spot as smugglers,
and if the smugglers succeed in depositing their goods in the
Smugglers' Cave and then getting away again before they are attacked
by an equal number of preventive men, they win the game.
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TREASURE ISLAND.
Another exciting game which tests the Scoutcraft of a patrol is that
where they approach the shore in a boat and look out for marks which
have been told to them, and, on finding these, they land, find a map
hidden away, which gives further clues by means of landmarks, compass
directions, tidemarks, and so on, to where the hidden treasure is to
be found. Only a certain time will be allowed for finding it.
This game can be made a competition for one patrol against another,
each patrol taking it in turn to carry out the same task.
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