. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . u think youll come back, he asked as he pushed offfrom the shore, and dipped his oars in the w^ater. In about a week, if the bears dont eat us up, replied George witha laugh. George helped the others shoulder their packs, and then swung up his own. They hadon their shoulders, turns in bearing. 4* to carry their guns and their rodsand the two axes, the four boys tookTheir packs weighed about fifty poundseach, and they foundthis about all theload they could car-ry, and as the sungrew higher andhotter
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . u think youll come back, he asked as he pushed offfrom the shore, and dipped his oars in the w^ater. In about a week, if the bears dont eat us up, replied George witha laugh. George helped the others shoulder their packs, and then swung up his own. They hadon their shoulders, turns in bearing. 4* to carry their guns and their rodsand the two axes, the four boys tookTheir packs weighed about fifty poundseach, and they foundthis about all theload they could car-ry, and as the sungrew higher andhotter, the sweatpoured down theirfaces in streams, andGeorore counselled arest, wisely observ-ing that it was no use to get played out the first day. It was about eleven oclock when they halted ; and George sentDick out to see if he could raise any partridges, and the Parson to theriver for a mess of trout, while he and Ned built a fire, made coffee,and prepared for dinner. Now, Ned, get some wood and start a fire along side of that largerock to your left, and I will manufacture a table and ON THE TRAMP. THROUGH THE WILDS. 307 Ned, grasping one of the axes, began hunting for fire-wood, whileGeorge with the other felled some small forked maples. He cut fourof these the proper length, and drove them into the ground two feetapart one way, and six feet the other. Then he cut two small sticks acouple of inches in diameter, two feet and six inches long, and placedthem in the forks of the table-legs. After which he cut about tensmall maples, there being plenty in the vicinity. These last he made alittle over six feet long, flattening them on one side with the axe, andthen laid them on the cross-pieces. A couple of alder withes, onebound around each end of the table, made the whole thing complete and ready for the dishes. The samearrangement along one side of thetable, only lower, and with an extrapair of legs and cross-piece in themiddle to resist the spring of thepoles, furnished t
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