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Chapter 3
"Andthecurrent!"demandedtheIndian,whoexpectedhisreplywiththatsortofinterestthatamanfeelsintheconfirmationoftestimony,atwhichhemarvelsevenwhileherespectsit;"thefathersofChingachgookhavenotlied!"
"TheHolyBibleisnotmoretrue,andthatisthetruestthinginnature.Theycallthisup-streamcurrentthetide,whichisathingsoonexplained,andclearenough.Sixhoursthewatersrunin,andsixhourstheyrunout,andthereasonisthis:whenthereishigherwaterintheseathanintheriver,theyrunin,untiltherivergetstobehighest,andthenitrunsoutagain."
"Thewatersinthewoods,andonthegreatlakes,rundownwarduntiltheylielikemyhand,"saidtheIndian,stretchingthelimbhorizontallybeforehim,"andthentheyrunnomore."
"Nohonestmanwilldenyit,"saidthescout,alittlenettledattheimplieddistrustofhisexplanationofthemysteryofthetides;"andIgrantthatitistrueonthesmallscale,andwherethelandislevel.Buteverythingdependsonwhatscaleyoulookatthings.Now,onthesmallscale,the‘arthislevel;butonthelargescaleitisround.
