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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass
by Harold Gatty

ISBN: 048640613X
Dover Publications Price: $9.95
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Today's adventurers will learn how to find their way in the wilderness, in towns, in the desert, in snow-covered areas — even on the ocean — by observing birds, animals, weather patterns, vegetation, shifting sands, patterns of snow fields, and the positions of the sun, moon, and stars.

Table of Contents for Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. DOOLITTLE
PREFACE
CHAPTER
1 NATURE IS YOUR GUIDE
2 HOW EARLY MAN FOUND HIS WAY
3 IS THERE A SIXTH SENSE?
4 WALKING IN CIRCLES
5 WALKING IN A STRAIGHT LINE
6 USE OF THE EARS
7 USING YOUR SENSE OF SMELL
8 REFLECTIONS IN THE SKY (WITH SOME NOTES ON STANDING CLOUDS)
9 DIRECTIONS FROM THE WIND
10 SOME SPECIAL EFFECTS OF SUN AND WIND
11 DIRECTIONS FROM TREES AND OTHER PLANTS
12 ANTHILL SIGNPOSTS
13 FINDING YOUR WAY IN THE DESERT
14 FINDING YOUR WAY IN THE POLAR REGIONS
15 DIRECTIONS FROM HILLS AND RIVERS
16 ESTIMATION OF DISTANCE
17 FINDING YOUR WAY IN TOWNS
18 ORIENTING AS A SPORT
19 DIRECTIONS FROM WAVES AND SWELLS
20 THE COLOR OF THE SEA
21 THE HABITS OF SEA BIRDS
22 WHAT THE MOON CAN TELL YOU
23 DIRECTIONS FROM THE SUN
24 DIRECTIONS FROM THE STARS
25 TELLING THE TIME BY THE STARS
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
SIMPLE TABLES OF DIRECTIONS OF THE SUN
INDEX

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