Read the excerpt from The Call of the Wild. And truly Buck was the Fiend incarnate, raging at their heels and dragging them down
like deer as they raced through the trees. It was a fateful day for the Yeehats. They scattered far and wide over the country, and it was not till a week later that the last of the survivors gathered together in a lower valley and counted their losses. As for Buck, wearying of the pursuit, he returned to the desolated camp. He found Pete where he had been killed in his blankets in the first moment of surprise. Thornton's desperate struggle was fresh-written on the earth, and Buck scented every detail of it down to the edge of a deep pool. By the edge, head and fore feet in the water, lay Skeet, faithful to the last. The pool itself, muddy and discolored from the sluice boxes, effectually hid what it contained, and it contained John Thornton; for Buck followed his trace into the water, from which no trace led away . How can you conclude that Skeet is a static character? She is faithful to the last. She is alone at the desolate camp. She is with Pete under the blankets. She is by the edge of the pool.
Answer: He knew which city he had just come from, He had pointed that arrow back toward his starting point, which oriented the signs properly for his destination and a third city.
