No mountains are here, but this is a great country for ambush.

It's mostly in forest, and even in the open the grass is already very tall.

Besides, there are so many streams, bayous, and ponds.

Notice how far out on the flanks the skirmishers and scouts are riding, and others ride just as far ahead." Two miles from Bellevue and they came to a small hill, covered with forest, from the protection of which the officers examined the country long and minutely, while their men remained hidden among the deep foliaged trees.

Dick had glasses of his own which he put to his eyes, bringing nearer the wilderness, broken here and there by open spaces that indicated cotton fields.