by Ernest Thompson Seton
Whiteman's Woodcraft
(Dibaakid)
The Degree of White Man's Woodcraft may be conferred on any one who takes nine of the following tests:
1. Take, develop, and print photographs of twelve separate subjects, three interiors, three portraits, three landscapes, and three instantaneous "action photos."
2. Make a recognizable photograph of any wild bird while on its nest.
3. Make a recognizable photograph of a wild animal in its native haunts.
4. Make a recognizable photograph of a fish in the water.
5. Map correctly from the country itself the main features of half a mile of road, with 440 yards each side, to a scale of two feet to the mile, and afterward draw same map from memory.
6. Measure the height of a tree, telegraph pole, and church steeple without climbing.
7. Measure width of a river without crossing.
8. Estimate distance apart of two objects a known distance away and without approaching, within an average of 10 per cent. of error in ten different trials.
9. Measure a gradient.
10. Gauge accurately the speed of a stream.
11. Tell the number of gallons of water going over a fall or down a stream.
12. Gauge the horsepower of a given fall.
13. Teach the last seven to someone else.
For "How To" Information, See: The Birch Bark Roll
