. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. EPISODES 315 oach, lutely These )ck of Is, to- ts, the ;art as move ics. It Mauch :h coal- Jelphia. part of 1 a state e to me. I, and on a fine- wishes, ard me lere for railway, lat most round many a mountain and at last crossed the highest. The storm had become tremendous, and we were thor- oughly drenched, but, my resolution being fixed, the boy was obliged to continue his driving. Having already travelled about fifteen miles or so, we left the turnpike, and struck up a narrow and bad road, that seemed merely
. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. EPISODES 315 oach, lutely These )ck of Is, to- ts, the ;art as move ics. It Mauch :h coal- Jelphia. part of 1 a state e to me. I, and on a fine- wishes, ard me lere for railway, lat most round many a mountain and at last crossed the highest. The storm had become tremendous, and we were thor- oughly drenched, but, my resolution being fixed, the boy was obliged to continue his driving. Having already travelled about fifteen miles or so, we left the turnpike, and struck up a narrow and bad road, that seemed merely cut out to enable the people of the Swamp to receive the necessary supplies from the village which I had left. Some mistakes were made, and it was almost dark when a post directed us to the habitation of a Mr. Jediah Irish, to whom I had been recommended. We now rattled down a steep declivity, edged on one side by almost per- pendicular rocks, and on the other by a noisy stream, which seemed grumbling at the approach of strangers. The ground was so overgrown by laurels and tall pines of different kinds that the whole presented only a mass of darkness. At length we reached the house, the door of which was already opened, the sight of strangers being nothing un- common in our woods, even in the most remote parts. On entering, I was presented with a chair, while my con- ductor was shown the way to the stable, and on express- ing a wish that I should be permitted to remain in the house for some weeks, I was gratified by receiving the sanction of the good woman to my proposal, although her husband was then from home. As I immediately began to talk about the nature of the country, and inquired if birds were numerous in the neighborhood, Mrs. Irish, more mi fait in household affairs than ornithology, sent for a nephew of her husband's, who soon made his appear- ance, and in whose favor I became at once prepossessed. He conversed like an educated person, saw that I was comfortably disp
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