Water Skill
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by Ernest Thompson SetonBuild single-handed, without help, a canoe or boat which will carry one man safely, for coup. If the same can be paddled, rowed or sailed by one person 2 miles an hour on dead water, grand coup. Build single-handed, without help, a birch bark canoe which will carry one man in safety, for coup. If same has traveled 10 miles without a leak, a grand coup. Build single-handed, without help, a raft which will carry safely 300 pounds, for coup. Add support for keeping baggage dry, and paddle or pole the raft for 5 miles continuously, for grand coup. Build single-handed, without help, across a stream or gully a safe foot bridge with piers, or a safe suspension bridge, or a safe pontoon bridge, 15 feet or more long, for coup. Build any two of these for grand coup. Build single-handed, without help, a good dam at least 3 feet high in center, across a stream at least 6 feet wide, of wildwood material, for coup. If it be thoroughly watertight, grand coup. Bathe out of doors in water of natural temperature anywhere north of N. latitude 30° or S. latitude 30° for 300 days in the year, for coup. , 365 days for grand coup. For Further Information, See: The Birch Bark Roll |
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