Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . ^^^/S^^, .T/^ FALLS OF THE BLACKWATEB. ENCAMPED ON THE BLACKWATER. 45 ticity. In the centre was the eternal j^arty at old sledge. Theauthor, wearied with such trite amusement, conned his note-bookin one corner; the artist, in another, arranged and retouched hissketches; while old Conway, with his jack-knife, passed his timein manufacturing wooden spoons, plates, and water-tight basketsof CAMP ON THE BLACKWATER. Conway was the most accomplished of woodsmen: small i
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . ^^^/S^^, .T/^ FALLS OF THE BLACKWATEB. ENCAMPED ON THE BLACKWATER. 45 ticity. In the centre was the eternal j^arty at old sledge. Theauthor, wearied with such trite amusement, conned his note-bookin one corner; the artist, in another, arranged and retouched hissketches; while old Conway, with his jack-knife, passed his timein manufacturing wooden spoons, plates, and water-tight basketsof CAMP ON THE BLACKWATER. Conway was the most accomplished of woodsmen: small instature, narrow-shouldered, and weasel-faced; insensible to fatigue,to hunger, or the vicissitudes of the weather; a shrewd hunter, askillful fisher, unfailing in resources, he was ready in every emer-rency. He could build a comfortable house, and furnish it in a 46 THE VIRGINIAN CANAAN. day, with no other material than what the forest afforded, and noother tools than his axe and jack-knife. Nor was he destitute ofthe arts of civilized life. He could mend clothes and cobble shoeswith surprising dexterity; and any one who has visited his cabinmay have observed an old fiddle hanging beside his powder-hornand pouch. When in camp his pipe was never out; he smokedbefore and after meals, when at work and when idle. He talkedlittle, but occasionally told a quaint story of his hunting adven-tures, or cracked a dry joke; and the sharp twinkle of his grayeye, when any thing humorous was in question, showed the keen-ne
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