MALLERY.] SMOKE SIGNALS. 539 
the number of columns of smoke. These are often so hastily made that 
they may resemble puffs of smoke, and are caused by throwing heaps 
of grass and leaves upon the embers again and again. 
ATTENTION. 
This signal is generally made by producing one continuous column, 
and signifies attention for several purposes, viz, when a band had become 
tired of one locality, or the grass may have been consumed by the ponies, 
or some other cause necessitated removal, or should an enemy be 
reported, which would require further watching before a decision as to 
future action would be made. The intention or knowledge of anything 
unusual would be communicated to neighboring bands by causing one 
column of smoke to ascend. 
ESTABLISHMENY OF A CAMP; QUIET; SAFETY. 
When a removal of camp has been made, after the signal for ATTEN- 
TION has been given, and the party have selected a place where they 
propose to remain until there may be a necessity or desire for their re- 
moval, two columns of smoke are made, to inform their friends that 
they propose to remain at that place. Two columns are also made at 
other times during a long continued residence, to inform the neighbor- 
ing bands that a camp still exists, and that all is favorable and quiet. 
FOREIGN SMOKE SIGNALS. 
The following examples of smoke signals in foreign lands are added for 
comparison. 
Miss Haigh, speaking of the Guanches of the Canary Islands at the 
time of the Spanish conquest, says: “When an enemy approached, 
they alarmed the country by raising a thick smoke or by whistling, 
which was repeated from one to another. This latter method is still in 
use among the people of Teneriffe, and may be heard at an almost in- 
credible distance.” (Trans. Eth. Soc. Lond. vii, 1869, sec. ser., pp. 109, 
110.) 
“The natives have an easy method of telegraphing news to their dis- 
tant friends. When Sir Thomas Mitchell was traveling through Eastern 
Australia he often saw columns of smoke ascending through the trees 
in the forests, and he soon learned that the natives used the smoke of 
fires for the purpose of making known his movements to their friends. 
Near Mount Frazer he observed a dense column of smoke, and subse- 
quently other smokes arose, extending in a telegraphic line far to the 
south, along the base of the mountains, and thus communicating to the 
natives who might be upon his route homeward the tidings of his 
return. 
‘When Sir Thomas reached Portland Bay he noticed that when a whale 
appeared in the bay the natives were accustomed to send up a column 
