So far as he could judge, he was fully two hundred yards away from and above the ravine where he had made this successful attempt at escape.

The day was so far gone by this time that he could barely discern the open space which led through the mountain.

His view on the left was shut off by the angle to which reference has been made, and on the right the gathering obscurity ended the field of vision.
As soon as he was able to locate the gorge, his eyes roamed up and down in quest of those from whom he was fleeing.

Not a glimpse could be obtained.

It was as if he had penetrated for the first time a solitude never before trodden by the foot of man.