Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . sons went so far as to saythat it was nothing but a scheme of idleness, and advised the younggentlemen to stick to their professions, and let the bears , as may be supposed, all such met the usual fate of gratui-tous counselors who advise people against their inclinations. In the daily meetings which were held for five months previousto the date fixed for their departure, our friends discussed freelyand at great length every thing that appertained, or that could inan
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . sons went so far as to saythat it was nothing but a scheme of idleness, and advised the younggentlemen to stick to their professions, and let the bears , as may be supposed, all such met the usual fate of gratui-tous counselors who advise people against their inclinations. In the daily meetings which were held for five months previousto the date fixed for their departure, our friends discussed freelyand at great length every thing that appertained, or that could inany way appertain, to the subject in view, from the elevation ofthe mountains and the course of rivers, do-vvn to the quality of apercussion-cap and the bend of a fish-hook. They became stu-dents of maps and geological reports; read Izaac Waltons Com-plete Angler and Le Guideet Hygiene des Chasseurs; con-sulted Count Kumford and Doc-tor Kitchener, and experiment-ed largely in the different kindsof aliments most proper for thesustenance of the human sys-tem. Mr. Penn, the author, cop-ied at length a recipe for mak-«. ing cat-fish soup, assuring his friends that, when surfeited withvenison and trout, this dishwould afibrd them a delightfulchange. Mr. Porte Crayon, theartist, also furnished frequentdesigns for hunting-coats, caps,knapsacks, and leggins, model-ed, for the most part, from thoseof the French army in Algiers. For, said he, the French arethe most scientific people in the world; and as they have paidmore attention to the equipment of their army than any other,every thing they adopt is presumed to be perfect of its kind. EN GRANDE TENUE. DRAMATIS PERSONS. 15 The result of all this studying and talking was, that every onediffered from his friend, and equipped himself after his own fash-ion. The commissary department suddenly concluded that biscuitand bacon were the most substantial, portable, and palatable arti-cles of food known to the dwellers south of the Potomac, and a
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