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I. I A Man, a Book, an Island - The Hero of Mafeking returns to civilian life and conduct an experiment

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Leiter from Cape ofGood /-lope to England 183 7. Endorsed "Pr H M. S. Scout via St. J-/elena ".
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116/i x 31 Ji was built at Chatham Dockyard, Kent, England in 1832, and was broken up in 1852.

Scouting ex isted before " Boy Scouts", and the term "Scout" was
used for watching, di scovering, spying, reconn oitring etc. Army and
naval scouts were we ll known to the high-ranked offi cer Baden-Powe ll.

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A ~er returnin g from Mafeking, Baden-Powe ll wanted to help the boys of hi s co untry to grow into strong man -
hood. He studi ed trai nin g of boys through all ages, and added hi s own experi ences from Ind ia and South Afr ica.
Baden-Powe ll wanted to ensure that hi s Scouting idea wo uld work, and decided to try his idea in practice.

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In the summer of 1907, at the age of 50 years, he took a gro up
of2 I boys with him to Brownsea Island, near Poo le, Dorset, for
the first ever Boy Scouts Camp. The camp was a great success.