. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ght have been fifty years or he might have been less;but the latter was doubtful. Mornin, said the man nearest them, as the buckboard rolled by. Good-morning, replied George. Are you going fishing ? Two bamboo poles as large round at the butts as a silver dollar, andtwenty or thirty feet long, suggested the question. Yes. Goin pickerelin. Good luck to you, cried Dick. THROUGH THE WILDS. 301 Thank ye, young man, and the old team rattled and jolted alongjust fast enough to keep the poor horse envelop
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . ght have been fifty years or he might have been less;but the latter was doubtful. Mornin, said the man nearest them, as the buckboard rolled by. Good-morning, replied George. Are you going fishing ? Two bamboo poles as large round at the butts as a silver dollar, andtwenty or thirty feet long, suggested the question. Yes. Goin pickerelin. Good luck to you, cried Dick. THROUGH THE WILDS. 301 Thank ye, young man, and the old team rattled and jolted alongjust fast enough to keep the poor horse enveloped in a cloud of dust,what wind there was being with them. What do you think of those for fishing-rods, inquired Dick of noone in particular, as the men passed out of hearing. If you are speaking to me, returned George, I should as soonthink of using that pine on the river bank, and he pointed to a treebelow them, about two /I feet in diameter and seventy-five feet high, and he smiled li^^X his own conceit. Just then the steamer J/ // whistled, and the Parson wrappedup the candy and THE PICKEREL PARTY. There are passengers on board, remarked George, they arewhistling for the team. Soon the little steamer appeared in sight, and they could see thatshe was crowded. Shes a saucy looking craft, exclaimed Dick, as the steamerswept toward them. Yes, she is, and a fast traveller too, said George. See what aclean wake she leaves behind. The boat was close in on the opposite bank of the river, and as she
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