Animal tracks can serve travelers as a substitute for human wayfinding.

Evidence

I soon lost the horseman’s foot-marks, but kept on near the road by means of the innumerable foot-prints of birds and ground squirrels, which all went in one direction. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 164

Categorization

• CANDY: She navigated by bird and ground-squirrel prints when the horseman’s tracks vanished.
• XREF: connects to: Travelers crossing trackless snow must guess which footprints lead the right way — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 190

Broader Connections

• Travelers crossing trackless snow must guess which footprints lead the right way #exemplifies (1.00) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 190