. The American angler. Fishing. Du/cct Days in the Hampshire Hills. 395 diminishing" survivors always attend to the last duty with scrupulous exactness. It is all that they are able to d<;. Shades of our goodly forefathers for- bid that strangers should possess our heritage ! Here in these sacred hills is the last remaining nursery of the pure indigenous native type. Here are the old houses, the old furniture, the old methods and manners ; the straight- backed chairs, the towering clocks, the mammoth chimney places, the elaborate carvings, the warming pans, the and- irons, the candles
. The American angler. Fishing. Du/cct Days in the Hampshire Hills. 395 diminishing" survivors always attend to the last duty with scrupulous exactness. It is all that they are able to d<;. Shades of our goodly forefathers for- bid that strangers should possess our heritage ! Here in these sacred hills is the last remaining nursery of the pure indigenous native type. Here are the old houses, the old furniture, the old methods and manners ; the straight- backed chairs, the towering clocks, the mammoth chimney places, the elaborate carvings, the warming pans, the and- irons, the candles and the snuffers. Foreigners have never yet ventured in. Even a negro is a living curiosity. Let us jealously preserve the few last re- maining acres of our New England hill country and colonize them, not with un- sympathetic Scandinavians and French- Canadians, but with Summer cottagers who are proud to recognize the kinship of the Yankee pioneers who peopled these delectable though rugged lands. Then; indeed, in the near future, will there be Dulcet Days for the Hamp- shire THE WINCED JIELCRAMME (IR Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, William Charles, 1830-1905, ed. New York : [The Angler's Publishing Company]
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