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It may not be necessary
to dwell on the incredible ingenuity, with which terror will at any
time prop a tottering argument. The worthy Obed had gone over the
whole subject, with commendable diligence, and had just arrived at the
consoling conclusion, that there was nearly as much glory in
discerning the hidden sources of so considerable a stream, as in
adding a plant, or an insect, to the lists of the learned, when the
Pawnee reached the shore for the second time. The old man took his
seat, with the utmost deliberation, in the vessel of skin (so soon as
it had been duly arranged for his reception), and having carefully
disposed of Hector between his legs, he beckoned to his companion to
occupy the third place.
The naturalist placed a foot in the frail vessel, as an elephant will
try a bridge, or a horse is often seen to make a similar experiment,
before he will trust the whole of his corporeal treasure on the
dreaded flat, and then withdrew, just as the old man believed he was
about to seat himself.


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