It seemed as though some startling event had occurred from which they had not fully recovered.

They were uneasy and restless in their movements, constantly passing to and from the river.

Upon reaching the banks of the latter, the Dutchman found a considerable number already there.

They were not engaged in fishing, but lay close to the edge of the water, as if they expected the appearance of something upon its surface.

Had he been a little more observant, there was something else which would have attracted his attention, on his passage through the woods.