Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . TTEN 103 HORSES AND WOLVES 105 THE GREAT VULTURE 108 PROWLING AT NIGHT 110 SNOW MAN 113 THE INTERIOR 115 THE OUTRIGGER 124 THE WATER FRESHET 126 THE ICE FRESHET 128 HUNTING KANGAROOS 1 131 HUNTING CATTLE 133 SELLING TO THE SAILOR-BOY 135 A SMALL SHOP 139 LIGHT-HOUSE 141 THE CANGUE 144 THE ARREST 146 QUEER BATHING 149 THE CASTLE 151 THE CASTLE STORMED 154 THE CASTLE GATE 157 THE WINTER MORNING 159 THE MUSEUM. SAPPER
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . TTEN 103 HORSES AND WOLVES 105 THE GREAT VULTURE 108 PROWLING AT NIGHT 110 SNOW MAN 113 THE INTERIOR 115 THE OUTRIGGER 124 THE WATER FRESHET 126 THE ICE FRESHET 128 HUNTING KANGAROOS 1 131 HUNTING CATTLE 133 SELLING TO THE SAILOR-BOY 135 A SMALL SHOP 139 LIGHT-HOUSE 141 THE CANGUE 144 THE ARREST 146 QUEER BATHING 149 THE CASTLE 151 THE CASTLE STORMED 154 THE CASTLE GATE 157 THE WINTER MORNING 159 THE MUSEUM. SAPPERS AND MINERS. Soldiers besieging a town approach it by a trench. HI HIS is the way that an army, in besieging a fortified town,-*- make their approaches to the walls. They dig a trench, andthrow up the earth from the trench on the side toward the town, so as to form an em-bankment to shelterthem from the gunsof the fortificationsas they go foremost manis throwing up theearth which has al-ready been loosen-ed by the. him anothersoldier is attemptingto pry out a largestone which is in theway by means of his pickaxe, but I think he will not be able to. INTRENCHING. 14 SAPPERS AND MINE The officer with a spy-glass. The direction of the trench. do it. Behind him is another soldier with a pickaxe, cutting intothe bank, so as to widen the passage-way. Near him is an offi-cer with a spy-glass in his hand, reconnoitring the enemy. If heshould see the flash of a gun from the ramparts of the town, hemight immediately drop his head below the embankment, and thusbe protected from the ball. The trench which these men are digging does not run directlyin a straight line toward the walls of the town, for then, of course,it would afford no protection to the soldiers who are digging in would, in that case, be entirely open to the guns from the , on the other hand, does it go parallel to the walls, for in thatcase the end of the trench would be no nearer to
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