"It's an ally that will draw the enemy after it, and leave us here in safety." "If Manitou so wills it," said Tayoga.

"It is for him to say whether the men of Tandakora will pass us by.

But the canoe is truly alive, Dagaeoga.

It skims over the lake like a great bird.

If it has a spirit in it, and I do not know that it has not, it guards us, and means to lead away our enemy in pursuit of it." Quick to receive impressions, Robert also clothed the canoe with life and a soul, a soul wholly friendly to the three, who, now stooping down on the island, amid the foliage, watched the action of the little craft which seemed, in truth, to be guided by reason.
"Now it pauses a little," said Robert.