them unmistakably and in their
proper order. You must notice and remember every
by-road and foot-path.

Remembrance of these things will help you to find
your way by night or in fog when other people are
losing themselves.

HORSES' TRACKS

[Illustration: Walking.]

[Illustration: Trotting.]

[Illustration: Canter.]

[Illustration: _O.H. = Off Hind, etc._

Galloping.]

[Illustration: Lame Horse Walking: Which leg is he lame in?

_N.B.--The long feet are the hind feet._]

These are the tracks of two birds on the ground. One that lives
generally on the ground, the other in bushes and trees. Which track
belongs to which bird?

_Using your Eyes._--Let nothing be too small for
your notice--a button, a match, a hair, a cigar
ash, a feather, or a leaf might be of great
importance, even a fingerprint which is almost
invisible to the naked eye has often been the
means of detecting a crime.

With a little practice in observation you can tell
pretty accurately a man's character from his
dress.

How would you recognize that a gentleman was fond
of fishing. If you see his left cuff with little
tufts of cloth sticking up, you may be sure he
fishes. When he takes his flies off the line he
will either stick them into his cap to dry, or
hook them into his sleeve. When dry he pulls them
out, which often tears a thread or two of the
cloth.

Remember how "Sherlock Holmes" met a stranger, and
noticed that he was looking fairly well-to-do, in
new clothes with a mourning band on his sleeve,
with a soldiery bearing and a sailor's way of
walking, sunburns, with tattoo marks on his hands,
and he was carrying some children's toys in his
hands. What would you have supposed that man to
be. Well, Sherlock Holmes guessed correctly that
he had lately retired from the Royal Marines as a
sergeant, that his wife had died, and that he had
some small children at home.

PRACTICE IN OBSERVATION.--_Instructor can take the
fingermarks of each girl. Lightly rub the thumb on
blacklead or on paper that is blacked with pencil,
then press the thumb on paper and examine with