. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . by an enormous snow-plough, and two or three engines,puffing and blowing along, and leaving a long trail of white steambehind. It is indeed a noble sight to see the train creeping like ahuge serpent among the hills, moving as if by magic, stopping hereand there to set down or take up the travellers. It is hard to realize,at a thought, all the achievements wrought out by man with the sim-ple though mighty power of boiling water ! But we shall yet seegreater things than these. It was one of my favorite amusements, when I was young, to fi
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . by an enormous snow-plough, and two or three engines,puffing and blowing along, and leaving a long trail of white steambehind. It is indeed a noble sight to see the train creeping like ahuge serpent among the hills, moving as if by magic, stopping hereand there to set down or take up the travellers. It is hard to realize,at a thought, all the achievements wrought out by man with the sim-ple though mighty power of boiling water ! But we shall yet seegreater things than these. It was one of my favorite amusements, when I was young, to fishin the winter season, through the ice, and I was quite happy whenI had a fish-line in my hand, watching the approach of my father had an old servant, who used generally to attend me onthese excursions, but I could never induce him to take the line inhis hands. He would always have an old crooked stick for a poleto fish with. Sometimes he would attach lines to a number of thesepoles, and stick them in the bank and let them take care of them-. selves, only visiting them occasionally to renew the baits. He wouldstand under the shelter of an old tree by the side of the pond, in a 48 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. rainy day, for hours together, and watch his lines ; and, as he knewtolerably well the best time to take certain kinds of fish, he wouldfrequently come home with a nice parcel. Fishing upon the ice israther dangerous for boys, unless they are attended by an olderperson, But the best of winter is the long evenings, and how many waysthere are to make them pass away pleasantly! When the moonshines brightly, the boys find great delight in coasting down thelong hills, and when a large party is collected, it is really an inno-cent and excellent amusement. How well I remember that oldsleigh, which the boys of my native village used for this purpose,night after night. Skating is another favorite winter amusement, though you shouldnever go out upon a river or pond to skate in t
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