He will advance by water as well as by land, but, first he will use his eyes, before he permits his hand to strike.

Do you see anything far up the lake, Dagaeoga ?" "Only the sunlight on the waters." "Yes, that is all.

I believed, for a moment or two, that I saw a black dot there, but it was only my fancy creating what I expected my sight to behold.

Let us look again all around the horizon, where it touches the water, following it as we would a line.

Ah, I think I see a dark speck, just a black mote at this distance, and I am still unable to separate fancy from fact, but it may be fact.