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Chapter 21
Falsetrails,andsuddenturnings,werefrequent,whereverabrook,ortheformationoftheground,renderedthemfeasible;buthispursuerswererarelydeceived,andneverfailedtodetecttheirerror,beforetheyhadlosteithertimeordistanceonthedeceptivetrack.
BythemiddleoftheafternoontheyhadpassedtheScaroon,andwerefollowingtherouteofthedecliningsun.Afterdescendinganeminencetoalowbottom,throughwhichastreamglided,theysuddenlycametoaplacewherethepartyofLeRenardhadmadeahalt.Extinguishedbrandswerelyingaroundaspring,theoffalsofadeerwerescatteredabouttheplace,andthetreesboreevidentmarksofhavingbeenbrowsedbythehorses.Atalittledistance,Heywarddiscovered,andcontemplatedwithtenderemotion,thesmallbowerunderwhichhewasfaintobelievethatCoraandAlicehadreposed.Butwhiletheearthwastrodden,andthefootstepsofbothmenandbeastsweresoplainlyvisiblearoundtheplace,thetrailappearedtohavesuddenlyended.
ItwaseasytofollowthetrackoftheNarragansetts,buttheyseemedonlytohavewanderedwithoutguides,oranyotherobjectthanthepursuitoffood.AtlengthUncas,who,withhisfather,hadendeavoredtotracetherouteofthehorses,cameuponasignoftheirpresencethatwasquiterecent.
