Directions should not be difficult if the sun is shining. Any
intelligent person should know the direction of the sun at anygiven hour of the day. It is at night and on cloudy days thatone is liable to become confused or lost. Under these con-ditions a compass comes in very handy.
I was never lost but once. It was in Canada, in the lakecountry where every acre of ground looks the same and allunknown lakes look alike. It was a cloudy day with scarcely arift to break the solid overcast. I had, however, noted the windand cloud directions in the early morning. I took a .22 rifleand went out for a few grouse, going in a southerly direction.I did not see any birds for sometime. I had traveled about twomiles from camp before I located a covey. I shot three, gath-ered them up, and started in what I thought was the directionto camp. I traveled for, perhaps, a half mile before I suspectedsomething was wrong; the forest, rocks and the general con-tour of the ground were not familiar.
