. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . THE TKIMEVAL FOKEST, THE IsSW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY •LENOX AN THE WOODS. 107 which we made a hearty supper. We talkedon various subjects; and Mat, who \va?clever in telling a story, amused me verymuch for a time. At last, however, I fellasleep. I slept pretty well during the night, thoughI waked up severaltimes and saw Matwith one eye open, atmy side. Feeling thatI had a faithful senti-nel to keep guard, I ^ < fell back into my repose. When thesun rose it was abeautiful frosty morn-ing, and the black andgray squirrels were enliven-ing
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . THE TKIMEVAL FOKEST, THE IsSW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY •LENOX AN THE WOODS. 107 which we made a hearty supper. We talkedon various subjects; and Mat, who \va?clever in telling a story, amused me verymuch for a time. At last, however, I fellasleep. I slept pretty well during the night, thoughI waked up severaltimes and saw Matwith one eye open, atmy side. Feeling thatI had a faithful senti-nel to keep guard, I ^ < fell back into my repose. When thesun rose it was abeautiful frosty morn-ing, and the black andgray squirrels were enliven-ing the woods with their merrygambols. I should gladly havedwelt in the place for a long time, andreally began to feel that I should like to tunIndian and make the forest my dwellingplace. But this was momentary: we soonbegan our march, and entering the high road,proceeded on our way to Albanv,. WJP BOUGHT. We reached Albany in a few days, andfinding a sloop about to depart for New York,we concluded to take passage in her and goby the Hudson river to that city: this wasa little out of our way, but we did not mindthat. The captain of the vessel was aDutchman named Dyke : he was a short,stout, broad-shouldered man, and had a pipein his mouth nearly the whole time. MatQbnsted called him Captain Volcano. KATTSKILL MOUNTAIN. 109 CHAPTER X. AUTUMN SCENERY-—MAJOR ANDRE — THESTEAM-BOAT — NEW-YORK — RETURN. THE next morning was fair, and we glidedrapidly down the river. The banks on each
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