Warm and heavy, the scented spring possessed the land. It was a day for drowsing in the shade for them who must needs walk in the sunshine, languor Come and See (1985) thought overtook them, and sparsity of speech. No sooner was this piece of clairvoyance aired than he was vexed that he had shown a hall-mark of the savage, and hastily explained that life in the woods, such as a trader must live, would teach any man-an Englishman, now, as well as a Frenchman-how to read what was written on the earth. Farther on, when they came to a miniature glen between the semblance of two hills, down which, in mockery of Come and See (1985) torrent, brabbled a slim brown stream, MacLean stood still, gazed for a minute, then, whistling, caught up Come and See (1985) his companion, and spoke at length upon the subject of the skins awaiting them at Williamsburgh. The road had other travelers than themselves.