Tales of an old sea port; a general sketch of the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, including, incidentally, an account of the voyages of the Norsemen, so far as they may have been connected with Narragansett Bay: . he fore part, left foot on the runner, and myright leg extended; my foot, slipping over the snow, oper-ated as a sort of an outrigger. The dogs at the same time,fearful lest the sledge should run on to them, went downthe declivity like lightning. The trees seemed to growthicker and thicker, and to avoid them it soon became hardup and hard down with me. At last, coming to a sharp cu
Tales of an old sea port; a general sketch of the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, including, incidentally, an account of the voyages of the Norsemen, so far as they may have been connected with Narragansett Bay: . he fore part, left foot on the runner, and myright leg extended; my foot, slipping over the snow, oper-ated as a sort of an outrigger. The dogs at the same time,fearful lest the sledge should run on to them, went downthe declivity like lightning. The trees seemed to growthicker and thicker, and to avoid them it soon became hardup and hard down with me. At last, coming to a sharp curveto the right, the sledge, shearing to the other side, struckwith such force as to scatter my whole establishment, andI received such a blow on the head that it stunned me andlaid me out on the snow unconscious. When I came to alittle, and looked up, I saw my sledge was partly a wreck,four of my dogs had broken from their harness and goneon, while one, left fast in his gear, was sitting on hishaunches, and watching me with wonder, as much as tosay, How came you here ? It was not long before Starrukcame up. He asked me what was the matter, I replied thatsome one in passing had run foul of me. No, said he, I. VOYAGE OF THE JUNO 157 guess you run foul of that tree; which, on collecting myscattered thoughts I found to be the fact. But as therewere no bones broken, I brightened up, and, with the assistance, caught my dogs again, repaired damagesand pursued my journey, not a little worse for my tumble. I will mention another circumstance which occurred tome, — not that there was anything extraordinary in it, butmerely to show the sagacity of dogs, and the convenienceof travelling with them. I was coming from a village aboutten miles distant. It was dusk when I started, and nightsoon closed in with Egyptian darkness and an arctic snow-storm. I could not see even my dogs. The new snow sooncovered and obliterated the old track. It was difficult totell whether I was going ah
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