The engineer was much astonished at this, and frequently consulted his compass, to assure himself that some turn of the river was not leading them again into the Far West.
L'ingénieur dut donc être très étonné, et il consulta fréquemment sa boussole, afin de s'assurer que quelque crochet de la rivière ne le ramenait pas à l'intérieur du Far- West.