. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . Beginnings of Woodlore on their teepees It was teally the best of all waysfor him to make reliable observation. The bookseller of the town had some new booksin his window about this time. One, a marvellouswork called Poisonous Plants, Yan was eager tosee. It was exposed in the window for a time. Twoof the large plates were visible from the street; onewas Henbane, the other Stramonium. Yan gazed atthem as often as he could. In a week they were gone;but the names
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . Beginnings of Woodlore on their teepees It was teally the best of all waysfor him to make reliable observation. The bookseller of the town had some new booksin his window about this time. One, a marvellouswork called Poisonous Plants, Yan was eager tosee. It was exposed in the window for a time. Twoof the large plates were visible from the street; onewas Henbane, the other Stramonium. Yan gazed atthem as often as he could. In a week they were gone;but the names and looks were forever engraved onhis memory. Had he made bold to go in and askpermission to see the work, his memory would haveseized most of it in an % IXTracks IN the wet sand down by the edge of the brook heone day found some curious markings—evidentlytracks. Yan pored over them, then made a life-size drawing of one. He shrewdly suspected it to be thetrack of a Coon—nothing was too good or wild orrare for his valley. As soon as he could, he showedthe track to the stableman whose dog was said tohave killed a Coon once, and hence the man must bean authority on the subject. Is that a Coon track ? asked Yan timidly. How do I know? said the man roughly,and went on with his work. But a stranger standingnear, a curious person with shabby clothes, and anew silk hat on the back of his head, said, Let me<;j*e it. Yan showed it. Is it natural size ? Yes, sir. Yep, thats a Coon track, all right. You look atall the big trees near about whar you saw that; thenwhen you find one with a hole in it, you look on thebark and you will find some Coon hars. Then youwill know youve got a Coon tree. Yan took the earliest chance. He sought and foun
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