CONTENTS I. Signs of Direction 17 II. Wilderness Signs of Direction 21 III. Chalk-Signs for Command and Information 27 IV. Danger Signs 85 V. Danger Nautical 40 VI. Trail Signs for Danger, Caution, Calamity and Cries in the Wilderness for Help 44 VII. Signs of Good Luck 48 VIII. Word Signs 51 IX. Map Signs of People 54 X. Chalk- and Map-Signs of Animals 57 XI. Signs of Inanimate or Motionless Things 60 XII. Signs of the Elements 64 XIII. Celestial Signs 67 XIV. Signs of Color 69 XV. Signs of the Seasons and Signs of Time 77 XVI. Secret Writing — the Caballa 83 XVII. Numerals of the Magic 91 XVTII. Gesture Signals 97 XIX. Common Gesture Language 105 XX. Hand Alphabets, Deaf and Dumb Alphabets 112 XXI. Signal Codes 123 XXII. Bell, Rope and Whistle Railway Signals 145 XXIII. Railroad, Hand-Flag, Lantern Railway Signals 148 XXIV. Steamer Toot Talk 162 XXV. Weather Signs 173 XXVI. Weather Signs 187 XXVII. Flags — The Red, White and Blue 206 XXVIII. Following the Changes in the Flag 218 XXIX. Liberty Poles 233 XXX. Signs Shown by Trails, Tracks, Traces and Spoor of Animals 242