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Chapter 14

           Theroutewasnowpainful;lyingovergroundraggedwithrocks,andintersectedwithravines,andtheirprogressproportionatelyslow.Bleakandblackhillslayoneverysideofthem,compensatinginsomedegreefortheadditionaltoilofthemarch,bythesenseofsecuritytheyimparted.Atlengththepartybeganslowlytoclimbasteepandruggedascentbyapaththatcuriouslywoundamongrocksandtrees,avoidingtheone,andsupportedbytheother,inamannerthatshowedithadbeendevisedbymenlongpractisedintheartsofthewilderness.Astheygraduallyrosefromthelevelofthevalleys,thethickdarknesswhichusuallyprecedestheapproachofdaybegantodisperse,andobjectswereseenintheplainandpalpablecolorswithwhichtheyhadbeengiftedbynature.Whentheyissuedfromthestuntedwoodswhichclungtothebarrensidesofthemountain,uponaflatandmossyrockthatformeditssummit,theymetthemorning,asitcameblushingabovethegreenpinesofahillthatlayontheoppositesideofthevalleyoftheHorican.

           Thescoutnowtoldthesisterstodismount;andtakingthebridlesfromthemouths,andthesaddlesoffthebacksofthejadedbeasts,heturnedthemloose,togleanascantysubsistenceamongtheshrubsandmeagreherbageofthatelevatedregion.

           "Go,"hesaid,"andseekyourfoodwherenatur’givesityou;andbewarethatyoubecomenotfoodtoravenouswolvesyourselves,amongthesehills."

           "Havewenofurtherneedofthem?"demandedHeyward.

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