Joe and Henri did the same, and having diverged a little to the different points chosen, they dashed through the shrubbery and were hid from each other's view.
On approaching the edge of the stream, Dick found to his consternation that the bank was twenty feet high opposite him, and too wide for any horse to clear.

Wheeling aside without checking speed, at the risk of throwing his steed, he rode along the margin of the stream for a few hundred yards until he found a ford--at least such a spot as might be cleared by a bold leap.

The temporary check, however, had enabled an Indian to gain so close upon his heels that his exulting yell sounded close in his ear.
With a vigorous bound his gallant little horse went over.

Crusoe could not take it, but he rushed down the one bank and up the other, so that he only lost a few yards.

These few yards, however, were sufficient to bring the Indian close upon him as he cleared the stream at full gallop.