On Tue, 3 May 2005 FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote: > Dzurlords have real good hearing better then Tiassas, Lyorns, and > Teckla. "I'm generalizing from one example". > > "'My lord,' said Ibronka. 'Someone is coming.' > 'How, coming?' > 'Approaching us.' > 'I see. Who?' > 'As to that, I cannot say. But they are on horseback, and there are > a good number of them. Scores.' > 'And you say they are coming toward us?' > 'Yes, my lord. It began some twenty minutes ago, and it woke me.' Note that being asleep would lead one to have one's head on the ground, which would be of signal use in noticing an impending group of horses.