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The procedure, of course, is to relay a message by a number of flighted arrows, the message secured from one arrow, and affixed to the next, and so on. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 23, Sentence #206)

"True," I said. The distances involved would exceed the utility of this device, which is often used to transmit messages between certain outposts or even between separated units, as in coordinating junctions or pincer movements. Obviously the expression, "path of a thousand arrows," is something of a metaphor, as there would seldom be a thousand arrows employed. The procedure, of course, is to relay a message by a number of flighted arrows, the message secured from one arrow, and affixed to the next, and so on. As the chain which is no stronger than its weakest length, this device, too, can be unreliable, as the succession of arrows might be interrupted in any number of ways. The arrows are often brightly colored, and even beribboned. And sometimes whistling arrows are used, much like those which convey signals, initiate attacks, and such. - (Rebels of Gor)