He looked more closely.

Here again experience was of value.

It was the peculiar kind of light that he had seen before, when a ray from the sun struck squarely on the steel head of a lance.
"Look!" he said to Obed and Bowie.
They looked, and Bowie instantly halted his men.

The face of the Ring Tailed Panther suddenly lighted up.

He too had good eyes, and he said in tones of satisfaction: "Figures are movin' among the trees, an' they are those of mounted men with lances.