. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . illion logs, he continued, forhe had seen the mistake the city boy had made, and, with morehonesty than most of his class would have shown, hastened to correctDicks error. When I say a hundred million, I mean that is thenumber of feet, board measure, that can be sawed outn lopfs; andwhenever yer hear men talking up here about thousands or millionsin connection with logs, you can know it isnt the number of logs, butthe number of feet of lumber they can get out of em, that theymean. Thank you for the
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . illion logs, he continued, forhe had seen the mistake the city boy had made, and, with morehonesty than most of his class would have shown, hastened to correctDicks error. When I say a hundred million, I mean that is thenumber of feet, board measure, that can be sawed outn lopfs; andwhenever yer hear men talking up here about thousands or millionsin connection with logs, you can know it isnt the number of logs, butthe number of feet of lumber they can get out of em, that theymean. Thank you for the explanation ; I understand it now. I should judge we were near the Notch, said George, as hecaught a glimpse, through the tops of the trees, of some seamed andragged peaks looming high above them. Only half a mile from the house, returned the driver, and added, Do you see that big rockn the left of the road ? pointing at a good- THROUGH THE IVJLDS. 129 sized boulder that stood just outside the wheel ruts. 1 was comingalonof here on my way home one day last week with a single hitch, h -^ ?. FRIGHTENED DEER and right opposite that rock I saw two deer standing in the middleof the road, and darned if they didnt frighten my hoss, and he liketo run away with me. I30 THROUGH THE WILDS. Did you have a gun with you ? inquired Ned eagerly. No, I didnt; but if 1 had, I couldnt of used it, for I had all Iwanted about that time tew take care of my animil. And besides, itfrio-htened the deers as much as it did the hoss, and they streaked it onthe clean jump. I hope we shall run across some, said Ned ; if I can only geta eood shot at one, Ill fix him. Perhaps yer will, said the driver doubtfully. Did yer evershoot a deer ? No. Wall, the proberbility is that the first deer yer see, youll have thebuck fever, and 11 miss him by a rod. Dont you believe it. replied Ned indignandy. Bet a quarter Im right, chuckled the driver, who had not a veryhigh opinion of city Nimrods; but theres Parsonss, as
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