. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. EPISODES 241 Ohio. Lastly, I observed traces of its ravages on the sum- mits of the mountains connected with the (jreat Pine Forest of Pennsylvania, three hundred miles beyond the place last mentioned. In all these different parts it ap- peared to me not to have exceeded a quarter of a mile in breadth. COLONEL BOONE Daniel Boone, or, as he was usually called in the West- ern country. Colonel Boone, happened to spend a night with me under the same roof, more than twenty years ago. We had returned from a shooting
. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. EPISODES 241 Ohio. Lastly, I observed traces of its ravages on the sum- mits of the mountains connected with the (jreat Pine Forest of Pennsylvania, three hundred miles beyond the place last mentioned. In all these different parts it ap- peared to me not to have exceeded a quarter of a mile in breadth. COLONEL BOONE Daniel Boone, or, as he was usually called in the West- ern country. Colonel Boone, happened to spend a night with me under the same roof, more than twenty years ago. We had returned from a shooting excursion, in the course of which his extraordinary skill in the man- agement of the rifle had been fully displayed. On retir- ing to the room appropriated to that remarkable indi- vidual and for the night, I felt anxious to know more of his exploits and adventures than I did, and accord- ingly took the liberty of proposing numerous questions to him. The stature and general appearance of this wan- derer of the western forests approached the gigantic. His chest was broad and prominent; his muscular powers displayed themselves in every limb; his countenance gave indication of his great courage, enterprise, and persever- ance; and when he spoke, the very motion of his lips brought the impression that whatever he uttered could not be otherwise than strictly true. I undressed, whilst he merely took off his hunting shirt, and arranged a few folds of blankets on the floor, choosing rather to lie there, as he observed, than on the softest bed. When we had both disposed of ourselves, each after his own fashion, he related to me the following account of his powers of memory, which I lay before you, kind reader, in his own ^vords, hoping that the simplicity of his style may prove interesting to you. VOL. n, —16. l\. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illus
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