CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
TRAILING WITH A BLOOD-HOUND.
They rode in a direct line to the spot where they had started in pursuit of the turkeys.

From this place Francois had taken to the left; but there were many tracks leading in the same direction--of horses, too, that had galloped.
"As I told you, brother," remarked Basil, "we could never have followed his trail by the tracks.

Even here we are not certain of it.

These must be his though--they look a little fresher than the others.

Let us try them.