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Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941

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* * * * * Antarctic Scouting.

* * * * * Some Famous Victories Through Loyalty To Leaders.

* * * * * Balaclava. "balaclava" * * * * * "the Thin Red Line."

* * * * * The Loyalty Of Jack Tars. Usefulness * * * * * Do It Now.

* * * * * Good Turns.

* * * * * "an Awful Accident."

* * * * * Scouts' Good Turns.

Gallantry Of Boy Scouts In Helping The Police. * * * * * The Scout Of Labrador.

* * * * * A Plucky Boy Scout.

* * * * * A Scout Who Was A Scamp. * * * * * Tracking Exercise.

* * * * * Doctoring The Natives.

* * * * * The Swastika.

* * * * * Our Buttonhole Badge. * * * * * Chilian Scouts.

Politeness Law 5. A Scout Is Courteous.

* * * * * Knight's Oath On Investiture A.d. 506. * * * * * A Dirty Gentleman.

* * * * * What Is A Gentleman? * * * * * Scouts Of The Desert.

Kindness To Animals

* * * * * The Right Way To Go Birds'-nesting.

* * * * * Birds' Nests.

* * * * * Bird Migration.

* * * * * Studying Animals.

* * * * * Chivalry To A Sheep

* * * * * Lord Nelson At A Bull Fight. * * * * * A Good Young Scout. Obedience

* * * * * Play The Game. * * * * * British Discipline.

* * * * * Shouting Scouts At Wimbledon. Cheerfulness

* * * * * The Scout's Smile.

* * * * * Fighting From A Chair.

* * * * * Don't Stand With Your Back To The Sun. * * * * * Lord Roberts.

* * * * * The Man Who "stuck To It."

* * * * * Money Is Not Everything.

* * * * * How A Poor Boy Became Rich.

* * * * * Thrift Is Manliness. Cleanliness

* * * * * Manliness Is Not Dirtiness. * * * * * The Order Of The Bath.

* * * * * Spitting.

* * * * * The War Against Consumption.

Travels Abroad Camping In Norway

* * * * * A Camp Bedroom.

* * * * * The Camp Fire.

* * * * * Hooks And Pot-hooks.

* * * * * A Boat Voyage

* * * * * The Jasjvold Saeter.

* * * * * Exploring The Gorge.

The Trout Stream. * * * * * Stalking.

* * * * * How To Fish.

* * * * * Fly-fishing.

* * * * * Repairing A Rod. * * * * * Fishermen's Knots.

* * * * * The Danes.

* * * * * The Dutch Scouts.

* * * * * Belgian Scouts.

* * * * * A Trip To Algeria * * * * * Algiers.

* * * * * Constantine.

A Roman House. * * * * * An Arab Market.

* * * * * Arabs' Candles.

A Dragon's Lair. * * * * * Arab Politeness.

* * * * * The Hot Springs Of Hammam Mousketine. * * * * * The Arab Marriage.

* * * * * A Good Turn To A Donkey. * * * * * A Camp Invention.

* * * * * Tunis.

* * * * * Carthage.

* * * * * Elephants Used In War. * * * * * A Brave Man Faces Torture.

* * * * * A Catapult.

* * * * * Malta. * * * * * Never Say Die.

The Maltese Cross. * * * * * How Malta Came To Be British. * * * * * Maltese Boy Scouts.

* * * * * My Dghaisa. * * * * * Sicily.

* * * * * Taormina. * * * * * Naples. - Vesuvius.

* * * * * Pompeii. * * * * * Boy Scouts Of Naples.

On An Orient Steamship Our Floating Home. * * * * * In The Engine Room.

An Echo Of The Zulu War. Sea Scouting * * * * * Sir Francis Drake,

* * * * * Nelson.

* * * * * Treasure Island. * * * * * Water Sports.

* * * * * Jack Tars' Presence Of Mind. * * * * * How Van Tromp's Broom Was Raised-and Lowered.

* * * * * How The Whip Was Hoisted. * * * * * The Loss Of The "c 11."

* * * * * A Sailor Hero. * * * * * Fishermen Heroes.

* * * * * A Brave Sea Scout. * * * * * Sea Scouts.

* * * * * Generals Who Were Sailors. * * * * * When Sea Scouting Helped Me.

* * * * * The Sea Scouts In War. How To Become A Backwoodsman * * * * * Tents.

* * * * * The "tramp" Tent. * * * * * The "bivouac" Tent.

Sewing. * * * * * Tent Poles. * * * * * Tent Pegs.

* * * * * Framework. * * * * * Thatching.

* * * * * Camp Furniture.

* * * * * Hut Building.

* * * * * Horn Drinking Cups. * * * * * The Axe.

* * * * * Fire-lighting.

Training And Tracking Zulu Training. * * * * * Tracking By Touch.

* * * * * Jackal Catching. Conclusion

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YOUNG KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE

THEIR CODE AND FURTHER SCOUT YARNS

BY

SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL K.C.B., K.C.V.O., LL.D.

AUTHOR OF "SCOUTING FOR BOYS," "YARNS FOR BOY SCOUTS," "SCOUTING GAMES," "MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY," ETC.

1917

FOREWORD

TO BOY-MEN,--

In offering this collection of yarns, I do not suggest that these are anything more than further illustrations of the steps already schemed in _Scouting for Boys_ for self-education in character and good citizenship.

But illustrations by themselves are of comparatively little value unless the theories and ideas conveyed by them are also put into actual and habitual practice.

It is in this that the boy needs your encouragement.

ROBERT BADEN-POWELL

YOUNG KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE

THE SCOUT LAW

Perhaps you wonder what is a Young Knight of the Empire.

Well, you know what a knight is--or rather, used to be in the old days--a gallant fellow who was always ready to defend weaker people when they were being bullied; he was brave and honourable, and ready to risk his life in doing his duty according to the code or law of Chivalry.

Well, nowadays there are thousands of boys all over the British Empire carrying out the same idea, and making themselves into fine, reliable men, ready to take the place of those who have gone away to fight and who have fallen at the Front. These are the Boy Scouts. Their code is the Scout Law--that is, a set of ten rules which they carry out in their daily life.

I will explain these Laws, and will give you some other yarns of camp life and adventure such as the Scouts go in for.

HONOUR

Law 1. A SCOUT'S HONOUR IS TO BE TRUSTED.

_If a Scout says "On my honour it is so," that means it is so, just as if he had taken a most solemn oath._

_Similarly if a Scout officer says to a Scout, "I trust you on your honour to do this," the Scout is bound to carry out the order to the very best of his ability, and to let nothing interfere with his doing so._

_If a Scout were to break his honour by telling_ a lie, or_ by not carrying out an order exactly when trusted on his honour to do so, he may be directed to hand over his Scout badge and never wear it again. He may also be directed to cease to be a Scout._

People of a civilised country, just like boys in a school, are bound to conduct themselves in a proper manner, because of the law which causes them to be punished if they misbehave. There is a code of laws drawn up for this purpose.

But there is another kind of law which binds people just as much as their written laws, though this one is neither written nor published.

This unwritten law is Honour.