9 6 , ▁while ▁sc out ing ▁in ▁the ▁Mat ob o ▁Hills , ▁Burn ham ▁passed ▁on ▁to ▁Baden - P ow ell ▁aspects ▁of ▁wood craft ▁he ▁had ▁acquired ▁in ▁America , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁with ▁Burn ham ▁that ▁perhaps ▁the ▁se eds ▁were ▁s own ▁for ▁the ▁program ▁and ▁the ▁code ▁of ▁honour ▁eventually ▁cry stal ised ▁in ▁Baden - P ow ell ' s ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁" A ids ▁to ▁Sc out ing ▁for ▁N CO s ▁and ▁Men " ▁and ▁his ▁later ▁( 1 9 0 8 ) ▁" Sc out ing ▁for ▁Boys ", ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁after ▁his ▁experience ▁of ▁how ▁useful ▁and ▁reliable ▁the ▁boys ▁at ▁M af ek ing ▁had ▁been . ▁Pract iced ▁by ▁front iers men ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Old ▁West ▁and ▁Ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icas , ▁wood craft ▁was ▁generally ▁unknown ▁to ▁the ▁British . ▁These ▁skills ▁eventually ▁formed ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁called ▁sc out craft , ▁the ▁fund ament als ▁of ▁Sc out ing . ▁Baden - P ow ell ▁recogn ised ▁that ▁wars ▁in ▁Africa ▁were ▁changing ▁marked ly ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁Army ▁needed ▁to ▁adapt ; ▁so ▁during ▁their ▁joint ▁sc out ing ▁miss ions , ▁Baden - P ow ell ▁and ▁Burn ham ▁discussed ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁broad ▁training ▁programme ▁in ▁wood craft ▁for ▁young ▁men , ▁rich ▁in ▁expl oration , ▁tracking , ▁field craft , ▁and ▁self - re