Chapter 6

           "ThosestrainsthatoncedidsweetinZionglide;

           Hewalesaportionwithjudiciouscare;

           And‘LetusworshipGod,’hesays,withsolemnair."

           Burns.

           Heyward,andhisfemalecompanions,witnessedthismysteriousmovementwithsecretuneasiness;for,thoughtheconductofthewhitemanhadhithertobeenabovereproach,hisrudeequipments,bluntaddress,andstrongantipathies,togetherwiththecharacterofhissilentassociates,wereallcausesforexcitingdistrustinmindsthathadbeensorecentlyalarmedbyIndiantreachery.

           Thestrangeralonedisregardedthepassingincidents.Heseatedhimselfonaprojectionoftherocks,whencehegavenoothersignsofconsciousnessthanbythestrugglesofhisspirit,asmanifestedinfrequentandheavysighs.Smotheredvoiceswerenextheard,asthoughmencalledtoeachotherinthebowelsoftheearth,whenasuddenlightflasheduponthosewithout,andlaidbarethemuch-prizedsecretoftheplace.

           Atthefartherextremityofanarrow,deepcavernintherock,whoselengthappearedmuchextendedbytheperspectiveandthenatureofthelightbywhichitwasseen,wasseatedthescout,holdingablazingknotofpine.