"I don't say as they mayn't ask a question or so; but I don't believe as they will interfere with us.
"There is a fish on your line, captain.

You don't seem, to me, to be attending to your business." James, indeed, found it difficult to fix his attention on his line, when he knew that they were watched by hostile eyes, and that, at any moment, a conflict might begin.

The canoe that had come out last had shaped its course so as to pass close to those fishing outside them, and a few words had been exchanged with the occupants of each--a warning, no doubt, as to the suspicious character of the fishing party near them.

Beyond this, nothing had happened.

The Indians in the canoe had let down their lines, and seemed as intent as the others upon their fishing.
The hours passed slowly.