The deep silence which is common to the wilds of North America was only broken by the hoarse cooing of the wood-pigeon, and the tapping of the woodpecker upon the bark of trees.
Ipar Amerikako basa eremu guztietan bezalaxe, isiltasun sakona zen han nagusi, pagausoen urruma monotonoak edo arbolen azalean okil berdeak emandako kolpeek bakarrik etena.