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Chapter 21

           Acircleofafewhundredfeetincircumferencewasdrawn,andeachofthepartytookasegmentforhisportion.Theexamination,however,resultedinnodiscovery.Theimpressionsoffootstepswerenumerous,buttheyallappearedlikethoseofmenwhohadwanderedaboutthespot,withoutanydesigntoquitit.Againthescoutandhiscompanionsmadethecircuitofthehalting-place,eachslowlyfollowingtheother,untiltheyassembledinthecentreoncemore,nowiserthanwhentheystarted.

           "Suchcunningisnotwithoutitsdeviltry,"exclaimedHawkeye,whenhemetthedisappointedlooksofhisassistants.

           "Wemustgetdowntoit,Sagamore,beginningatthespring,andgoingoverthegroundbyinches.TheHuronshallneverbraginhistribethathehasafootwhichleavesnoprint."

           Settingtheexamplehimself,thescoutengagedinthescrutinywithrenewedzeal.Notaleafwasleftunturned.Thestickswereremoved,andthestoneslifted;forIndiancunningwasknownfrequentlytoadopttheseobjectsascovers,laboringwiththeutmostpatienceandindustry,toconcealeachfootstepastheyproceeded.Stillnodiscoverywasmade.AtlengthUncas,whoseactivityhadenabledhimtoachievehisportionofthetaskthesoonest,rakedtheearthacrosstheturbidlittlerillwhichranfromthespring,anddiverteditscourseintoanotherchannel.Sosoonasitsnarrowbedbelowthedamwasdry,hestoopedoveritwithkeenandcuriouseyes.Acryofexultationimmediatelyannouncedthesuccessoftheyoungwarrior.

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