Останній з Могікан
Chapter 20
They,therefore,approachedthepassagewiththecustomarysilenceoftheirguardedhabits.
TheStateofNewYorkisremarkableforthenumberandbeautyofitslakes.OneofitsfrontiersliesonthevastsheetofOntario,whileChamplainstretchesnearlyahundredmilesalonganother.Oneida,Cayuga,Canandaigua,Seneca,andGeorge,arealllakesofthirtymilesinlength,whilethoseofasizesmallerarewithoutnumber.Onmostoftheselakestherearenowbeautifulvillages,andonmanyofthemsteamboats.
Chingachgooklaidasidehispaddle;whileUncasandthescouturgedthelightvesselthroughcrookedandintricatechannels,whereeveryfootthattheyadvancedexposedthemtothedangerofsomesuddenrisingontheirprogress.TheeyesoftheSagamoremovedwarilyfromislettoislet,andcopsetocopse,asthecanoeproceeded;andwhenaclearersheetofwaterpermitted,hiskeenvisionwasbentalongthebaldrocksandimpendingforests,thatfrowneduponthenarrowstrait.
Heyward,whowasadoublyinterestedspectator,aswellfromthebeautiesoftheplaceasfromtheapprehensionnaturaltohissituation,wasjustbelievingthathehadpermittedthelattertobeexcitedwithoutsufficientreason,whenthepaddleceasedmoving,inobediencetoasignalfromChingachgook.
"Hugh!"exclaimedUncas,nearlyatthemomentthatthelighttaphisfatherhadmadeonthesideofthecanoenotifiedthemofthevicinityofdanger.
