Another approach to life in the open here concentrates on instruction for travel, first aid, and the natural neighbors to be found. All types of water voyaging -together with the proper ways of handling rafts, canoes, etc.; getting places on horseback and how to care for, feed and keep your steed corralled; ropes and knots; pests and how to deal with them; insects and animals to recognize, with information about their species and habits; conservation and the results of the war against predators and vermin; tracks and signs of wild life -- all this is illustrated by the author. A companion book for the rest of his series.