. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . Excited by this triumph of skill and mynew gun. we continued to push forward,though it was now snowing fast; and theground was already covered to the depth oftwo or three inches. Frequently meetingwith some kind of game, though we got littleof it, we traversed one ridge after another,until we were involved in a sea of small andthickly wooded ridges and ravines, that DANGERS ON THE MOUNTAIN. 23 crowned the top of the mountain. Scarcelyheeding the course we took, or thinking ofreturn, we proceeded for several hours.
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . Excited by this triumph of skill and mynew gun. we continued to push forward,though it was now snowing fast; and theground was already covered to the depth oftwo or three inches. Frequently meetingwith some kind of game, though we got littleof it, we traversed one ridge after another,until we were involved in a sea of small andthickly wooded ridges and ravines, that DANGERS ON THE MOUNTAIN. 23 crowned the top of the mountain. Scarcelyheeding the course we took, or thinking ofreturn, we proceeded for several hours. Atlast we came to a small hill, and it was agreedbetween Bill and myself that he should takethe valley on one side, and I on the other,and that we should meet beyond it. I had not gone far before a rabbit ran byme, and entered a thicket at a little I followed it, but it plunged further into thebushes. I pursued it from place to place,from thicket to thicket, but without beingable to get a shot at it. At last I was obligedto give up the pursuit in despair, and I setout to join my companion. So intent had I been upon my object, thatI had not marked my route nor noticed thelapse of time. But as soon as I began to think 24 WIT BOUGHT. of joining my companion, I became consciousthat I had gone a considerable distance outof my way, and had spent a long time in thechase of the rabbit. I therefore proceededwith as much rapidity as the rugged natureof the ground and the dense forest wouldallow, and, as I supposed, in the direction ofthe extremity of the ridge where Bill and Iwere to meet, It was not long, however, before I becameassured that I had lost my way—and that,instead of approaching the point intended, Ihad wandered a great way from it. I nowbegan to retrace my steps, and for a time wasguided by my tracks in the snow. But thest
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