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The bee-hunter was silent, though he did not cease to cast ominous
looks behind him, as they flew along the edge of the run, which
sufficiently betrayed the belligerent condition of his mind. As each
one was busy for himself, but a few minutes elapsed before the party
rose a swell of the prairie, and descending without a moment's delay
on the opposite side, they were at once removed from every danger of
being seen by the sons of Ishmael, unless the pursuers should happen
to fall upon their trail. The old man now profited by the formation of
the land to take another direction, with a view to elude pursuit, as a
vessel changes her course in fogs and darkness, to escape from the
vigilance of her enemies.
Two hours, passed in the utmost diligence, enabled them to make a half
circuit around the rock, and to reach a point that was exactly
opposite to the original direction of their flight. To most of the
fugitives their situation was as entirely unknown as is that of a ship
in the middle of the ocean to the uninstructed voyager: but the old
man proceeded at every turn, and through every bottom, with a decision
that inspired his followers with confidence, as it spoke favourably of
his own knowledge of the localities.
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