Jumping into the saddle again, he rode towards the place where the spark had flickered its brief moment, and there he found a sentry smoking a pipe.

The red glow of the baccy in the bowl had guided B.-P.

with his despatches safely to camp.
But not always does Baden-Powell see what he says he sees.

On one occasion in Kashmir he was matching his eyes against a shikari, and the story of the contest is related by B.-P.

in his _Aids to Scouting_ (published by Gale and Polden, London and Aldershot): "He pointed out a hillside some distance off, and asked me if I could see how many cattle there were grazing on it.