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                             THE BOY SCOUTS
                                   AS
                          FOREST FIRE FIGHTERS


                                   BY
                       SCOUT MASTER ROBERT SHALER

       AUTHOR OF "BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS," "BOY SCOUTS OF
       PIONEER CAMP," "BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY," "BOY
         SCOUTS OF THE LIFE SAVING CREW," "BOY SCOUTS ON PICKET
            DUTY," "BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON," "BOY
             SCOUTS AND THE PRIZE PENNANT," "BOY SCOUTS OF
            THE NAVAL RESERVE," "BOY SCOUTS IN THE SADDLE,"
                "BOY SCOUTS FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT," "BOY
                SCOUTS IN THE GREAT FLOOD," "BOY SCOUTS
                  OF THE FIELD HOSPITAL," "BOY SCOUTS
                    WITH THE RED CROSS," "BOY SCOUTS
                      AS COUNTY FAIR GUIDES," ETC.


                                NEW YORK
                            HURST & COMPANY
                               PUBLISHERS


                            Copyright, 1915,
                                   BY
                            HURST & COMPANY




                                CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
  I. Oakvale's One Wise Man                                            5
  II. What Presence of Mind Meant                                     16
  III. The Threatening Peril                                          27
  IV. The Call of Duty                                                39
  V. Carried to the