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The
scouts
departed
;
strong
guards
preceded
and
followed
the
lumbering
vehicles
that
bore
the
baggage
;
and
before
the
gray
light
of
the
morning
was
mellowed
by
the
rays
of
the
sun
,
the
main
body
of
the
combatants
wheeled
into
column
,
and
left
the
encampment
with
a
show
of
high
military
bearing
,
that
served
to
drown
the
slumbering
apprehensions
of
many
a
novice
,
who
was
now
about
to
make
his
first
essay
in
arms
.
While
in
view
of
their
admiring
comrades
,
the
same
proud
front
and
ordered
array
was
observed
,
until
the
notes
of
their
fifes
growing
fainter
in
distance
,
the
forest
at
length
appeared
to
swallow
up
the
living
mass
which
had
slowly
entered
its
bosom
.
The
deepest
sounds
of
the
retiring
and
invisible
column
had
ceased
to
be
borne
on
the
breeze
to
the
listeners
,
and
the
latest
straggler
had
already
disappeared
in
pursuit
;
but
there
still
remained
the
signs
of
another
departure
,
before
a
log
cabin
of
unusual
size
and
accommodations
,
in
front
of
which
those
sentinels
paced
their
rounds
,
who
were
known
to
guard
the
person
of
the
English
general
.
At
this
spot
were
gathered
some
half
dozen
horses
,
caparisoned
in
a
manner
which
showed
that
two
,
at
least
,
were
destined
to
bear
the
persons
of
females
,
of
a
rank
that
it
was
not
usual
to
meet
so
far
in
the
wilds
of
the
country
.
A
third
wore
the
trappings
and
arms
of
an
officer
of
the
staff
;
while
the
rest
,
from
the
plainness
of
the
housings
,
and
the
travelling
mails
with
which
they
were
encumbered
,
were
evidently
fitted
for
the
reception
of
as
many
menials
,
who
were
,
seemingly
,
already
awaiting
the
pleasure
of
those
they
served
.
At
a
respectful
distance
from
this
unusual
show
were
gathered
divers
groups
of
curious
idlers
;
some
admiring
the
blood
and
bone
of
the
high-mettled
military
charger
,
and
others
gazing
at
the
preparations
,
with
dull
wonder
of
vulgar
curiosity
.
There
was
one
man
,
however
,
who
,
by
his
countenance
and
actions
,
formed
a
marked
exception
to
those
who
composed
the
latter
class
of
spectators
,
being
neither
idle
,
nor
seemingly
very
ignorant
.
The
person
of
this
individual
was
to
the
last
degree
ungainly
,
without
being
in
any
particular
manner
deformed
.
He
had
all
the
bones
and
joints
of
other
men
,
without
any
of
their
proportions
.
Erect
,
his
stature
surpassed
that
of
his
fellows
;
seated
,
he
appeared
reduced
within
the
ordinary
limits
of
the
race
.
The
same
contrariety
in
his
members
seemed
to
exist
throughout
the
whole
man
.
His
head
was
large
;
his
shoulders
narrow
;
his
arms
long
and
dangling
;
while
his
hands
were
small
,
if
not
delicate
.
His
legs
and
thighs
were
thin
,
nearly
to
emaciation
,
but
of
extraordinary
length
;
and
his
knees
would
have
been
considered
tremendous
,
had
they
not
been
outdone
by
the
broader
foundations
on
which
this
false
superstructure
of
the
blended
human
orders
was
so
profanely
reared
.
The
ill-assorted
and
injudicious
attire
of
the
individual
only
served
to
render
his
awkwardness
more
conspicuous
.
A
sky-blue
coat
,
with
short
and
broad
skirts
and
low
cape
,
exposed
a
long
thin
neck
,
and
longer
and
thinner
legs
,
to
the
worst
animadversions
of
the
evil
disposed
.
His
nether
garment
was
of
yellow
nankeen
,
closely
fitted
to
the
shape
,
and
tied
at
his
bunches
of
knees
by
large
knots
of
white
ribbon
,
a
good
deal
sullied
by
use
.
Clouded
cotton
stockings
,
and
shoes
,
on
one
of
the
latter
of
which
was
a
plated
spur
,
completed
the
costume
of
the
lower
extremity
of
this
figure
,
no
curve
or
angle
of
which
was
concealed
,
but
,
on
the
other
hand
,
studiously
exhibited
,
through
the
vanity
or
simplicity
of
its
owner
.
From
beneath
the
flap
of
an
enormous
pocket
of
a
soiled
vest
of
embossed
silk
,
heavily
ornamented
with
tarnished
silver
lace
,
projected
an
instrument
,
which
,
from
being
seen
in
such
martial
company
,
might
have
been
easily
mistaken
for
some
mischievous
and
unknown
implement
of
war
.
Small
as
it
was
,
this
uncommon
engine
had
excited
the
curiosity
of
most
of
the
Europeans
in
the
camp
,
though
several
of
the
provincials
were
seen
to
handle
it
,
not
only
without
fear
,
but
with
the
utmost
familiarity
.
A
large
,
civil
cocked
hat
,
like
those
worn
by
clergymen
within
the
last
thirty
years
,
surmounted
the
whole
,
furnishing
dignity
to
a
good-natured
and
somewhat
vacant
countenance
,
that
apparently
needed
such
artificial
aid
,
to
support
the
gravity
of
some
high
and
extraordinary
trust
.
While
the
common
herd
stood
aloof
,
in
deference
to
the
quarters
of
Webb
,
the
figure
we
have
described
stalked
in
the
centre
of
the
domestics
,
freely
expressing
his
censures
or
commendations
on
the
merits
of
the
horses
,
as
by
chance
they
displeased
or
satisfied
his
judgment
.
"
This
beast
,
I
rather
conclude
,
friend
,
is
not
of
home
raising
,
but
is
from
foreign
lands
,
or
perhaps
from
the
little
island
itself
over
the
blue
water
?
"
he
said
,
in
a
voice
as
remarkable
for
the
softness
and
sweetness
of
its
tones
,
as
was
his
person
for
its
rare
proportions
:
"
I
may
speak
of
these
things
,
and
be
no
braggart
;
for
I
have
been
down
at
both
havens
;
that
which
is
situate
at
the
mouth
of
Thames
,
and
is
named
after
the
capital
of
Old
England
,
and
that
which
is
called
'
Haven
,
'
with
the
addition
of
the
word
'
New
'
;
and
have
seen
the
snows
and
brigantines
collecting
their
droves
,
like
the
gathering
to
the
ark
,
being
outward
bound
to
the
Island
of
Jamaica
,
for
the
purpose
of
barter
and
traffic
in
four-footed
animals
;
but
never
before
have
I
beheld
a
beast
which
verified
the
true
Scripture
war-horse
like
this
:
'
He
paweth
in
the
valley
,
and
rejoiceth
in
his
strength
:
he
goeth
on
to
meet
the
armed
men
.
He
saith
among
the
trumpets
,
Ha
,
ha
;
and
he
smelleth
the
battle
afar
off
,
the
thunder
of
the
captains
,
and
the
shouting
.
'
It
would
seem
that
the
stock
of
the
horse
of
Israel
has
descended
to
our
own
time
;
would
it
not
,
friend
?
"
Receiving
no
reply
to
this
extraordinary
appeal
,
which
in
truth
,
as
it
was
delivered
with
the
vigor
of
full
and
sonorous
tones
,
merited
some
sort
of
notice
,
he
who
had
thus
sung
forth
the
language
of
the
Holy
Book
turned
to
the
silent
figure
to
whom
he
had
unwittingly
addressed
himself
,
and
found
a
new
and
more
powerful
subject
of
admiration
in
the
object
that
encountered
his
gaze
.
His
eyes
fell
on
the
still
,
upright
,
and
rigid
form
of
the
"
Indian
runner
,
"
who
had
borne
to
the
camp
the
unwelcome
tidings
of
the
preceding
evening
.
Although
in
a
state
of
perfect
repose
,
and
apparently
disregarding
,
with
characteristic
stoicism
,
the
excitement
and
bustle
around
him
,
there
was
a
sullen
fierceness
mingled
with
the
quiet
of
the
savage
,
that
was
likely
to
arrest
the
attention
of
much
more
experienced
eyes
than
those
which
now
scanned
him
,
in
unconcealed
amazement
.
The
native
bore
both
the
tomahawk
and
knife
of
his
tribe
;
and
yet
his
appearance
was
not
altogether
that
of
a
warrior
.
On
the
contrary
,
there
was
an
air
of
neglect
about
his
person
,
like
that
which
might
have
proceeded
from
great
and
recent
exertion
,
which
he
had
not
yet
found
leisure
to
repair
.
The
colors
of
the
war-paint
had
blended
in
dark
confusion
about
his
fierce
countenance
,
and
rendered
his
swarthy
lineaments
still
more
savage
and
repulsive
than
if
art
had
attempted
an
effect
which
had
been
thus
produced
by
chance
.
His
eye
,
alone
,
which
glistened
like
a
fiery
star
amid
lowering
clouds
,
was
to
be
seen
in
its
state
of
native
wildness
.
For
a
single
instant
,
his
searching
and
yet
wary
glance
met
the
wondering
look
of
the
other
,
and
then
changing
its
direction
,
partly
in
cunning
,
and
partly
in
disdain
,
it
remained
fixed
,
as
if
penetrating
the
distant
air
.
It
is
impossible
to
say
what
unlooked-for
remark
this
short
and
silent
communication
,
between
two
such
singular
men
,
might
have
elicited
from
the
white
man
,
had
not
his
active
curiosity
been
again
drawn
to
other
objects
.
