. The hunter and the trapper in North America, or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. Hunting; Game and game-birds; Chasse; Gibier. CHAPTER VII. THE SWAN—THE HERON—THE FALCON. bhe Ihis fell bhe TOH. |N 1844, at the meny time of Twelfth-Night festivities, I was at Louisville, staying with a friend who had offered me the most cordial hospitality, when one of his sons, a skilful hunter and an intrepid amatenr of sport (in the fullest meaning of the word), proposed that I should accompany him on an excursion which he meditated along the bank of the Ohio, to the point where that mighty river
. The hunter and the trapper in North America, or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. Hunting; Game and game-birds; Chasse; Gibier. CHAPTER VII. THE SWAN—THE HERON—THE FALCON. bhe Ihis fell bhe TOH. |N 1844, at the meny time of Twelfth-Night festivities, I was at Louisville, staying with a friend who had offered me the most cordial hospitality, when one of his sons, a skilful hunter and an intrepid amatenr of sport (in the fullest meaning of the word), proposed that I should accompany him on an excursion which he meditated along the bank of the Ohio, to the point where that mighty river poiirs its waters into the still mightier Mississij)pi. As soon as our prepai'ations were completed, we set out in a keel-boat; that is, a kind of shallop, with a small steerage cabin, and a rudder formed of a slender tnmk, serving, like a fish's tail, to direct its progi'ess. Two (414) 7. 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 Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882. London; Edinburgh : T. Nelson
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