. The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil . t of a lampfalling on my half-closed eyelids awoke me with a thought I saw Monai before me, when Mr. Howardsvoice relieved me from the uncertainty into which I hadbeen thrown by the sight of a man so capriciously at-tired ! Up, up, my friend ! he cried; all is ready; thecofiee is getting cold, and if you dont make haste, Monai,who is already seated at table, will leave you neither acutlet nor a slice of ham for your breakfast. Here is acostume as elegant as
. The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil . t of a lampfalling on my half-closed eyelids awoke me with a thought I saw Monai before me, when Mr. Howardsvoice relieved me from the uncertainty into which I hadbeen thrown by the sight of a man so capriciously at-tired ! Up, up, my friend ! he cried; all is ready; thecofiee is getting cold, and if you dont make haste, Monai,who is already seated at table, will leave you neither acutlet nor a slice of ham for your breakfast. Here is acostume as elegant as mine; dress, and come down. The breakfast being finished, and our stomachs warmedby a glass of whisky, we all three sprang into a lightsleigh, and in seven hours our horse carried us bravely toa village situated about a couple of miles from our ren-dezvous. In an inn, which bore for its sign the head of the im-mortal Washington, but had only one comfortable apart-ment—the tahagie, or bar-room—we found beds as hardas boards; but as we were in no position to be fastidious,we threw ourselves upon them, and got what rest we. MODE OF FASTENING SNOW-SHOE. A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. 261 could. Next morning at daybreak we made ready tostart. I was finishing my toilette by putting on my mo-cassins, when Mr. Howard arrested my arm, saying,— ^ Listen, my friend, to your first lesson. First put onthese woollen hose; now wrap these two pieces of feltaround your feet, andnext don your mocas-sins; finally, let me fas-ten to your feet theseformidable , Benedict, stretchyour legs wide apart when you walk; for if you adoptyour ordinary gait, your new chaussure being three feetlong, you will be sure of a downfall. And without another word he seized his gun, and fol-lowed Monai, who was about fifty paces ahead of me. I had scarcely made three steps forward, before downI went on my nose. Without a groan I rose again; andafter two or three similar capsizes, which, fortunately,owin
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