FIRST CLASS SCOUT

Shadow-Slick Method

Push a short, straight stick into the ground Angle it toward the sun so that the stick makes no shadow, then wait until it casts a shadow at least six inches long. The shadow will be pointing east from the stick. A line at right angles across the shadow will be north-south.

Equal-Length Shadow Method

In the morning, push a straight three-foot-long stick upright into the ground. Tie a string around the base of the stick with a bowline, then extend the string to the end of the stick's shadow. Tie a peg to the string at that point and use it to scratch a circle on the ground around the stick Push the peg into the ground where the tip of the stick's shadow touches the circle. In the afternoon, place another pee where the tiu of the shadow again - " touches the circle.

A straight line drawn between the pegs is a west east line, with west at the morning peg. A line drawn at right angles across the west-east line will be north-south.