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130 LETTER FROM AMERICA.
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ea up one ound t fro off el m se a wakes their bar The k shantj t , able and suppor then below g t and * and et up boil r f and our f s dress li t ght is . p poles rep The ared stuck guides , while in come the we
breakfas gr . t we si guides t round fry under the t , a e n d and we so hel m p , and reads after a chapter to fi in sh the Miss Bible M . . and Then I we o w divide ith P ; perhaps , ton in h Mr is . B ht . and little P . go
skiff far down , the river to g shoot ; we sitting- on the g rocks pursui sketching t of or working . Mrs , . w B hile . and he Miss goes W fur remain ther int in o the wood or s in
down to bathe game . Fancy bathing in the . lovely clear camp water go so transparent that the pebbles are briht and distinct ten fe , et
boug below the and surface the wi , ld wi birds th t he ing sunshine in an g sli t pp wit h the throug confidence h the
t hat te soli a , t l easan g t ives compan them ion . in y Our the handsome woodsfall guide of w , Preston lore a , is
his intelli fre gence e unconven , and g tional ifted w life ith a grace He is withal , dignity tremel that comes of t
. exy gallan other and sho day ws as his w gallan e sailed try down in amusing the lak way eI s pulled sometimes some . ti The _^
lil ar y tificial and rosebud , threw s the from rosebud my ha s t t o mak ainto e roo , the m for water a lovel P res whi ton ny te
his picked , hat them , where up , he still wit wears h some them prett y ; he speech has , also stuck paid them ; me into the
to " af com floating ter hunting plime me . n " In as stories of the I have evening m , & described c , his or we new we sit to sing round skiff . , a the Sometimes li M g camp ht kind -fire is we , of listening go - canoe busy out _,
though I , don't shoot or fish , for I you draw . as y much as very I possibly , these can , as most I wish beautiful to bring Adirondack away a hills good portfolio of sketches of
. We have just had the most glorious row down the river to inhabitan the falls—such a wild lovely spot—to visit the only human
shore of the t of lake this all reg alone ion , in an a small , old log man shant who y , where lives on he has the been for thirtThhe is a gentleman who was
came crossed here in , love and y years has early . remained in life ey , say and ever , disgusted since . He wi is th v the ery worl much d ,
worn , and is miserable looking ; and he is getting too old to haunch hunt , so we got Beldon to row us down in the skiff , with a big *
fain His t queer track of made old venison skiff throug for was h him the lying , laid woods on on the we grass reached shore and , and fern the following at desolation the bow a .
of call weeds a " clearing , and flowers . " At , and the little creepers log , , -hut and door fallen we logs knocked that , th and ey
130 Letter From America.
130 LETTER FROM AMERICA .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/58/
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