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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.
Reprint of Nature is Your Guide: How to Find Your Way on Land and Sea, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1958.
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