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Chapter 5
"Ay,"returnedthecomposedscout,"theIndianshavehidthebeastswiththejudgmentofnatives!Waterleavesnotrail,andanowl’seyeswouldbeblindedbythedarknessofsuchahole."
Thewholepartywassoonreunited,andanotherconsultationwasheldbetweenthescoutandhisnewcomrades,duringwhich,theywhosefatesdependedonthefaithandingenuityoftheseunknownforesters,hadalittleleisuretoobservetheirsituationmoreminutely.
Theriverwasconfinedbetweenhighandcraggedrocks,oneofwhichimpendedabovethespotwherethecanoerested.Asthese,again,weresurmountedbytalltrees,whichappearedtototteronthebrowsoftheprecipice,itgavethestreamtheappearanceofrunningthroughadeepandnarrowdell.Allbeneaththefantasticlimbsandraggedtree-tops,whichwere,hereandthere,dimlypaintedagainstthestarryzenith,layalikeinshadowedobscurity.Behindthem,thecurvatureofthebankssoonboundedtheview,bythesamedarkandwoodedoutline;butinfront,andapparentlyatnogreatdistance,thewaterseemedpiledagainsttheheavens,whenceittumbledintocaverns,outofwhichissuedthosesullensoundsthathadloadedtheeveningatmosphere.Itseemed,intruth,tobeaspotdevotedtoseclusion,andthesistersimbibedasoothingimpressionofsecurity,astheygazeduponitsromantic,thoughnotunappallingbeauties.
