The eagle shall lead thee into strange lands. Never again wilt thou be separated from Yermah. Withhold from him all knowledge of the birds until such time as thou shalt find him in great danger.
Then loosen and follow thy guides.
Akaza.
The Dorado was so astonished that he held the parchment on his knee and made no further effort to examine the tissue message for himself.
“Well do I remember how anxious Kerœcia was about this ring. She went every day to superintend its making.”
Alcyesta’s words aroused Yermah.
Unrolling the tissue, he saw a finely traced map, with a few lines written on the margin:
Yermah, Beloved of the Brotherhood:
Follow the way marked out before thee.
When one bird hovers in the air while the other sits on a rock with cactus flowering at its base, halt thou and receive thy future task from him who was appointed to aid thee.