. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . gray squirrels, in vast numbers, were holdingtheir revel upon the walnut and chestnuttrees, occasionally chasing each other, likebirds, among the branches; and now andthen a deer bounded before us, gazed back- DEER. 105 war a for a moment, and then, with his tailand antlered head erect, plunged into thewood. When evening approached we foundwe had proceeded full five and twenty were then in the midst of woods, andfinding a partial shelter under a rock,. Matthew made a fire, and we prepared to passthe night there. I cannot easi
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . gray squirrels, in vast numbers, were holdingtheir revel upon the walnut and chestnuttrees, occasionally chasing each other, likebirds, among the branches; and now andthen a deer bounded before us, gazed back- DEER. 105 war a for a moment, and then, with his tailand antlered head erect, plunged into thewood. When evening approached we foundwe had proceeded full five and twenty were then in the midst of woods, andfinding a partial shelter under a rock,. Matthew made a fire, and we prepared to passthe night there. I cannot easily make those of my readers,who have always lived in cities or towns,understand the pleasure of sleeping in th- 106 WIT BOUGHT. \voods, with no roof but the sky. Perhapsmost persons would think this a hardship,and so it would be if we had to do it always;but by way of adventure now and then, par-ticularly when one is about seventeen, withsuch a clever fellow as Mat for a companionand guide, the thing is quite delightful. I assisted Mat in collecting some faggotsfor our fire—but every moment kept lookingaround, expecting to see some wild animalshowing his face between the trunks of thegray old oaks. I mistook a stump for a bearshead; then I thought a bush at a little dis-tance was some huge monster, crouching asif to spring upon us. The night stole on apace, and soon wewere surrounded with darkness, which wasrendered deeper by the fire we had scene was a wild one: the trees thatstood around, had the
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