temeraire did not mind leaping aloft for a little while , now there was water , and hovering looked as closely as he could in either direction , so far as he could see before the river twisted out of sight around a curve , and plunged away into a canyon the other way , but there was no sign of any person at all , `` and also , '' he said , coming back down , `` i am sorry to say , no sign of any game .