Scouts were encouraged to identify the difference between the tracks of different animals, as well as determining the age of the tracks and the pace of movement. It was in the thirteenth yarn that Baden-Powell introduced sign based tracking, where scouts were encouraged to deduce the location of a person or animal by following signs.
Scouts were motivated to identify the distinctions between various animal tracks, as well as determining the age and pace of movement. It was in the thirteenth yarn that Baden-Powell introduced a method based on signs for tracking, encouraging scouts to infer the whereabouts of people or animals by following trail signs.