These stones would show no signs.

The ground is so dry that even the five men now present leave no traces, but I remember seeing in the bed of the stream certain marks which, unfortunately, were obliterated when Bates hauled the body ashore.

They were valueless, however--shapeless indentations in the mud and sand." "Were they wide apart or close together, sir ?" "Quite irregular.

No one could judge by the length of the stride whether they were made by the feet of a man or a woman, if that is what you have in mind ...

but, really--" Grant's impatient motion was not to be misunderstood.