. The hunter and the trapper in North America, or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. Hunting; Game and game-birds; Chasse; Gibier. CHAPTER XX. THE BROWN |N 1847 I was despatched by the proprietors of an influential New York journal, to whose staff I belonged, to the camp of General Tay- lor, in the character of Correspondent. Gen- eral Taylor was then at the head of the United States army, engaged in the invasion of Mexico. I occupied the leisure which my position afforded me in traversing the country around the camp with one of the new friends I was fortunate enough to make. On
. The hunter and the trapper in North America, or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. Hunting; Game and game-birds; Chasse; Gibier. CHAPTER XX. THE BROWN |N 1847 I was despatched by the proprietors of an influential New York journal, to whose staff I belonged, to the camp of General Tay- lor, in the character of Correspondent. Gen- eral Taylor was then at the head of the United States army, engaged in the invasion of Mexico. I occupied the leisure which my position afforded me in traversing the country around the camp with one of the new friends I was fortunate enough to make. On a certain morning, however, I undertook, unaccompanied, a journey as far as San Antonio de Bexar, one of the posts on the extreme frontier. On my arrival, I found the companies of rifle- men established there in a very bad humour. The reason was very simple: upwards of a month had elapsed since they had enjoyed an opportunity of firing a shot against the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882. London; Edinburgh : T. Nelson
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