. Sketches of camp life in the wilds of the Aroostook woods, Aroostook County, Maine; fishing, canoeing, camping, shooting and trapping, being true stories of actual life in camp . ampings ; and well and healthy heshould be and surely is, if he has been in the forest a fewdays, for here we regain health and jolly spirits very quickly,cannot help doing so ; in fact, we hardly ever take a coldwhile in the woods. Finding he has but little time, he should not press on withuncertainty before him ; and he need not get the least excited,for he is all right. How is the wind? North-west and alittle col
. Sketches of camp life in the wilds of the Aroostook woods, Aroostook County, Maine; fishing, canoeing, camping, shooting and trapping, being true stories of actual life in camp . ampings ; and well and healthy heshould be and surely is, if he has been in the forest a fewdays, for here we regain health and jolly spirits very quickly,cannot help doing so ; in fact, we hardly ever take a coldwhile in the woods. Finding he has but little time, he should not press on withuncertainty before him ; and he need not get the least excited,for he is all right. How is the wind? North-west and alittle colder than pleasant. He goes back a piece to the brookhe just crossed, selects the south side of a small rocky bluff,backed by a thicket of evergreens and small spruce, andchooses this for a camping chance. There is plenty of hardwood growing near, mixed with spruce and fir, and handy by,lies an old down pine, resting upon the bed pieces. It is dryand pitchy from years of sunshine, large slabs of thick barkthat have fallen off it, lying beneath. It was cut and con-demned for some slight fault by some hardy lumberman, long,long ago, who now lies mouldering in his grave. Seeing. OS w H Xh O H-J Should The Hunter Get Lost. 33 this, he stands in reverie, but he should not, as he wants everymoment of the remaining light to prepare for his camping. A partridge over his head now begins to scold him forintruding upon her feeding ground, when he quickly raiseshis rifle, steadying the barrel against a tree (our old criticcould have done it off-hand) ; the leaden messenger takes offhis head, which falls with, and close beside the quiveringbird upon the ground. In two moments this is skinned,dressed, cleansed in the brook and hanging upon a limb. Atthe foot of the large yellow birch tree upon which the grousewas feeding, large bare prominent roots reach out from thebirch to right and left, forming a natural fire place, the treeconducting upwards most of the smoke, serving as a very nicechimn
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