In one place I would get a settler with a canoe, in another a woodman with a fast horse; and in a third some lad who prided himself on his legs.

The rare country taverns were a help, for most of their owners were in the secret.

The Tidewater is a flat forest region, so we could not light beacons as in a hilly land.

But by the aid of Shalah's woodcraft I concocted a set of marks on trees and dwellings which would speak a language to any initiate traveller.

The Indians, too, had their own silent tongue, by which they could send messages over many leagues in a short space.