. Audubon and his journals . e signal was given, the trigger pulled, off went theload, and down on the ice came the hat of my future brother-in-law, as completely perforated as if a sieve. He repented, alas ! toolate, and was afterward severely reprimanded by Mr. Bakewell. Another anecdote I must relate to you on paper, which I haveprobably too often repeated in words, concerning my skating inthose early days of happiness; but, as the world knows nothingof it, I shall give it to you at some length. It was arranged onemorning between your young uncle, myself, and several otherfriends of the sam
. Audubon and his journals . e signal was given, the trigger pulled, off went theload, and down on the ice came the hat of my future brother-in-law, as completely perforated as if a sieve. He repented, alas ! toolate, and was afterward severely reprimanded by Mr. Bakewell. Another anecdote I must relate to you on paper, which I haveprobably too often repeated in words, concerning my skating inthose early days of happiness; but, as the world knows nothingof it, I shall give it to you at some length. It was arranged onemorning between your young uncle, myself, and several otherfriends of the same age, that we should proceed on a duck-shooting excursion up the creek, and, accordingly, off we wentafter an early breakfast. The ice was in capital order whereverno air-holes existed, but of these a great number interrupted ourcourse, all of which were, however, avoided as we proceeded up-ward along the glittering, frozen bosom of the stream. The daywas spent in much pleasure, and the game collected was AUDUBON 21 On our return, in the early dusk of the evening, 1 was bid tolead the way; I fastened a white handkerchief to a stick, held itup, and we all proceeded toward home as a flock of wild ducksto their roosting-grounds. Many a mile had already been passed,and, as gayly as ever, we were skating swiftly along when dark-ness came on, and now our speed was increased. Uncon-sciously I happened to draw so very near a large air-hole thatto check my headway became quite impossible, and down it Iwent, and soon felt the power of a most chilling bath. My sensesmust, for aught I know, have left me for a while; be this as itmay, I must have glided with the stream some thirty or fortyyards, when, as God would have it, up I popped at another air-hole, and here I did, in some way or another, manage to crawlout. My companions, who in the gloom had seen my form sosuddenly disappear, escaped the danger, and were around mewhen I emerged from the greatest peril I have eve
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