He was more apt at finding them than they him.

His scouts were taught a peculiar and shrill whistle, which, at night, could be heard at a most astonishing distance.

We are reminded of the signal of Roderick Dhu:-- -- --"He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill, Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag, the signal flew." His expeditions were frequently long, and his men, hurrying forth without due preparation, not unfrequently suffered much privation from want of food.

To guard against this danger, it was their habit to watch his cook.

If they saw him unusually busied in preparing supplies of the rude, portable food, which it was Marion's custom to carry on such occasions, they knew what was before them, and provided themselves accordingly.