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               HARPER’S “TELL ME HOW” BOOKS
                       _A New Series_

               HARPER’S GASOLINE ENGINE BOOK
               HARPER’S AIRCRAFT BOOK
               HARPER’S WIRELESS BOOK
               HARPER’S BEGINNING ELECTRICITY
               HARPER’S EVERY-DAY ELECTRICITY
                    Illustrated. Crown 8vo.
                            -----

               HARPER’S PRACTICAL BOOKS

               HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG GARDENERS
               HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS
               HARPER’S HOW TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRICAL WORK
               HARPER’S ELECTRICITY BOOK FOR BOYS
               HARPER’S BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS
               HARPER’S CAMPING AND SCOUTING
               HARPER’S OUTDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS
               HARPER’S INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS
               HARPER’S MACHINERY BOOK FOR BOYS
               HARPER’S HANDY BOOK FOR GIRLS
                    Illustrated. Crown 8vo.
                            -----

               THE STORY OF GREAT INVENTIONS
                  Uniform in appearance with above.
               MOTOR BOATING FOR BOYS
                    Illustrated. Crown 8vo.
                            -----

                  HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

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[Illustration: FIG. 11—A SINGLE-TREE HUT]

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                                HARPER’S
                              OUTDOOR BOOK
                                FOR BOYS


                                   BY
                            JOSEPH H. ADAMS

                         WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
                       KIRK MUNROE, TAPPAN ADNEY
                         CAPT. HOWARD PATTERSON
                           LEROY MILTON YALE
                               AND OTHERS


                        WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS

                             [Illustration]

                      HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
                          NEW YORK AND LONDON

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                 Copyright, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
                PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                  B-W




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                                CONTENTS


                                 Part I

                               IN BOUNDS
                                                        PAGE

           CHAPTER I.—BACK-YARD PLEASURES                  3

            A WIGWAM

            A SQUARE TEPEE

            A RIDGE-POLE TEPEE

            A FOUNTAIN

            AN AQUARIUM

            HOW TO MANAGE AN AQUARIUM

            A MERRY-GO-ROUND

           CHAPTER II.—PET SHELTERS                       29

            MARTIN BOXES

            BIRD SHELTERS

            PIGEON-COTES

            DOG-KENNELS

            GUINEA-PIG HOUSES

            CHICKEN-COOPS

            RABBIT-HUTCHES

            SQUIRREL CAGES

            REPTILE PENS

           CHAPTER III.—SUMMER-HOUSES AND PERGOLAS        52

            A SIMPLE SUMMER-HOUSE

            A BACK-YARD PERGOLA

            A TOADSTOOL TREE CANOPY

            A RUSTIC PERGOLA

            A CIRCULAR PERGOLA

            A SUMMER SHELTER

           CHAPTER IV.—WEATHER-VANES AND WINDMILLS        59

            A PINION-WHEEL WEATHER-VANE

            A WIND-SPEEDER

            THE ARROW WEATHER-VANE

            WOODEN VANES

            A WIND-PENNANT

            A BASKET-BALL VANE

            A MERRY-GO-ROUND

            A WIND TURBINE

            A BARREL-HOOP PINION-WHEEL

            A PUMPING WINDMILL

            A WINDMILL AND TOWER


           CHAPTER V.—AËRIAL TOYS                         81

            THE ELASTIC FLYING-MACHINE

            SELF-ACTING AËRIAL CAR

            AËRIAL BOAT-SAILING

            A “HIGH-FLYER”


                                Part II

                                 AFIELD

           CHAPTER VI.—COASTERS, SKEES, AND SNOW-SHOES   101

            TOBOGGANS

            A ROCKER-COASTER

            A SINGLE-RUNNER COASTER

            A BOB-SLED

            SKEES

            SNOW-SHOES

           CHAPTER VII.—SAIL-SKATING AND SNOWBALL
           ARTILLERY                                     115

            A SKATING-SAIL

            A SQUARE-RIGGED ICE-SAIL

            A SNOWBALL MORTAR

           CHAPTER VIII.—KITES AND AEROPLANES            120

            THE SHIP KITE

            THE CHINESE-JUNK KITE

            THE SCHOONER KITE

            A BALLOON KITE

            AN AIR-SHIP KITE

            BAT-WING AND CROWN-TOP KITES

            SANDWICH ISLANDS BIRD KITE

            BOX KITES

            THE FLYING-WEDGE AND DOUBLE-PLANE KITE

            KITE-REELS

           CHAPTER IX.—FISHING-TACKLE                    144

            CHOICE OF TACKLE

            BAIT-RODS AND FLY-RODS

            REPAIRS, KNOTS, AND SPLICES

            AIDS FOR YOUNG ANGLERS

            BAITS, AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

            A TRAP FOR SMALL FISH

            A WATER-TURTLE TRAP

            AN EEL-POT

            A SCAP-NET

            A HOOK DROP-NET


           CHAPTER X.—LAND-YACHTS AND PUSHMOBILES        177

            A LAND-YACHT

            A SAIL-WAGON

            A PUSHMOBILE

