BOOKS BY
Walter P. Eaton
THE BOY SCOUTS OF BERKSHIRE. A story ofhow the Chipmunk Patrol was started, what they didand how they did it.
BOY SCOUTS IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. Astory of Boy Scouting in the Dismal Swamp.
BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.A story of a hike over the Franconia and PresidentialRanges.
BOY SCOUTS OF THE WILDCAT PATROL.A story of Boy Scouting.
PEANUT—CUB REPORTER. A Boy Scout’s lifeand adventures on a newspaper.
BOY SCOUTS IN GLACIER PARK. The adventuresof two young Easterners in the heart of theHigh Rockies.
BOY SCOUTS AT CRATER LAKE. A Story ofthe High Cascades.
BOY SCOUTS ON KATAHDIN. A story of theMaine Woods.
HAWKEYE’S ROOMMATE. A story of the very lifeof a truly American prep school—how the boysstudied, played and found lasting friendships andlearned the lessons of life.
Boy Scouts in the White Mountains
THE STORY OF A LONG HIKE
By
WALTER PRICHARD EATON
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK T. MERRILL
Docendo discimus
W. A. WILDE COMPANY
BOSTON CHICAGO
Copyrighted, 1914
By W. A. Wilde Company
All rights reserved
Boy Scouts in the White Mountains
NOTE
The author and publishers desire to expresstheir appreciation of the courtesyextended by Small Maynard & Co. forthe use of the black and white plates usedin this volume, which are taken from their“White Mountain Trails” and also to“The Northward-Ho” for the use of thereproduction of the Presidential Rangeused on the cover.
To
Sydney Bruce Snow
In memory of a cheerful fire
and a doleful broken egg
beside the
Lakes of the Clouds
Contents
| I. | Peanut Calls to Arms | 13 |
| II. | Getting Ready for the Hike | 23 |