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Chapter 3
Hisperson,thoughmuscular,wasratherattenuatedthanfull;buteverynerveandmuscleappearedstrungandinduratedbyunremittedexposureandtoil.Heworeahunting-shirtofforestgreen,fringedwithfadedyellow,andasummercapofskinswhichhadbeenshornoftheirfur.Healsoboreaknifeinagirdleofwampum,likethatwhichconfinedthescantygarmentsoftheIndian,butnotomahawk.Hismoccasinswereornamentedafterthegayfashionofthenatives,whiletheonlypartofhisunder-dresswhichappearedbelowthehunting-frock,wasapairofbuckskinleggings,thatlacedatthesides,andwhichweregarteredabovethekneeswiththesinewsofadeer.Apouchandhorncompletedhispersonalaccoutrements,thougharifleofgreatlength,whichthetheoryofthemoreingeniouswhiteshadtaughtthemwasthemostdangerousofallfire-arms,leanedagainstaneighboringsapling.Theeyeofthehunter,orscout,whicheverhemightbe,wassmall,quick,keen,andrestless,rovingwhilehespoke,oneverysideofhim,asifinquestofgame,ordistrustingthesuddenapproachofsomelurkingenemy.Notwithstandingthesymptomsofhabitualsuspicion,hiscountenancewasnotonlywithoutguile,butatthemomentatwhichheisintroduced,itwaschargedwithanexpressionofsturdyhonesty.
