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LETTER FROM AMERICA. 129
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Camping Out. Of Dearest My Tent, M Thoug...
like a shadow over . the dark waters . The northern lights low flared reflecte dabbling boat in d below long flew murmur into streamers us ; the the in croak the silen up sed ce the of gy the the heaven edges j bull ack , s were - , frogs was and the lit , the and at only stars the far sounds prow off were a , .
c li Our am ghting e nearer up the and lilies something and dark glimmered ; waters . on Presentl the water y the ' s ed shore ge ,
_quietl then y bang , " There — , and ' s I a deer shut , any my way eyes ! , " while So d they Mr . landed and G . remarked then for the
but returned lovel I y cannot thing with , describ our which spoil e was the . excitem It soon seemed laid ent behin so of these horribl us nocturnal y ; like murder hunts we — .
in I wear three the boats buck ' each s tail boat in my rowed hat now by . a guide The next —Abner day , we Kirnball started ,
and Preston—our , luggage , in not the in other boxes two but and in journeye india-rubber d
the sacks great , in one silent boat lake , and to we our present camping — place , seeing up on our wild wood creaturesa flock of wild ducks , or a
loon way or h many eron that rose startled from , the water with a shrill cry of Thus alarm for , four and hours flew into we rowed the deep at woods last reaching that bordere the head d the of shore the .
lakeand running through sed , gy shallows we entered the wild throug river StLawrence , that h the begins wild Two at woods the miles lake and row and mountains throug runs on h the for , till two beds it hundred of re reeds aches miles and the
broug were water . run ht lilies us aground , to . un a der slop and the ing we over disembarked gravell -hang y ing beach . boug Then , and as hs began the here of the the the [ trees boats work trees , of ing" What siht it was huge
" camp . a g , in tottered crash an . hour So under and quickl a the half y was strokes we the entered work of the lanted of our axes clearing abode firml and for accomp in at the the last ni ground lished fell ght . with , t The and hat a
bound shanty with was made withes of and boug the hs p whole covered y over with huge sheets of barkand , the ground spread with thick layers of the
long hemlo It is , I was ck assure boug built hs , you and , which , a li house hted formed fit and for our gods at it sprin . in Then gy front and our of fragrant fire the , ten shant bed feet y .
our , supper was cooked g ; tea , without sugar , , fish and breadnectar our camp and life ambrosia began ; to a us g imm lorious , hungry ensel life and , full weary _fuelin of activit as is we y , enjoyment were that . So of ,
and excitementfor the y-new g ours , providing out with boats each , day either for our to shoot needs . or Every fishor mornin hunt g a and party returns goes
home or deer six . o laden But ' clock I ' w with hearing ill , tell provisions you the the birds — course lovel , sing of ing y speckled one , , and day look . trout I , round wake , birds on at , Hiv the or e ,
Letter From America. 129
LETTER FROM AMERICA . 129
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 129, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/57/
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