. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . duck — the best eating duck there areaccording to what I have read, observed George. You can cook those for me, George, suggested the Parson. Dont be so fresh ; put a Ht- tle wood on the fire, and George turned his attention to the ducks. The other five are black, I suppose ? interrogated Dick. Yes, There will be enoughfor dinner, and breakfast to-mor-row morning, and the Parson cancatch trout for supper, and Georgethrew a humorous glance at thatindividual who was replenishingthe fire. Fish wont bi
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . duck — the best eating duck there areaccording to what I have read, observed George. You can cook those for me, George, suggested the Parson. Dont be so fresh ; put a Ht- tle wood on the fire, and George turned his attention to the ducks. The other five are black, I suppose ? interrogated Dick. Yes, There will be enoughfor dinner, and breakfast to-mor-row morning, and the Parson cancatch trout for supper, and Georgethrew a humorous glance at thatindividual who was replenishingthe fire. Fish wont bite in the rain,asserted Fred. Try them and see. Perhapsit will hold up a little during theafternoon. The boys now assisted Georgeabout getting the dinner, and fiveblack ducks were roasted, the others being retained for potatoes, coffee, and hard-tack completed the bill of had to take their plates on their laps in the camp, as it rainedso hard there was no eating out of doors. During the afternoon itslacked up about an hour. George and the Parson took advantage of. THE LUCKY HUNTKKS. 344 THROUGH THE WILDS. it to catch some trout for supper, getting fifteen between them. Therain returned with renewed vigor while they were fishing, and theyhurried to camp without waiting to clean their fish. Here the Parsonput on his rubber coat, and then took the trout to the river anddressed them. After he came back, the boys told stories and sanguntil supper-time. This meal was provided under some difficulties ;for as the night drew on, it rained a great deal harder than it hadearlier in the day. Butperseverance will over-come any difficulty, andthe boys finally tri-umphed in the fact thatthey had cooked theirsupper and eaten it. The morning of Sun-day greeted them withno change in the wea-ther, and they stuck asclose to camp as theirduties would retired early, therain still falling, andalong in the night theywere awakened by a tre-mendous crash, fairly s
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