Adventure and adventurers > Away in the wilderness, or, Life among the red Indians and fur-traders of North America
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AWAY IN THE WILDEENESa
CHAPTER I.
THE HUNTEK.
N a beautiful summer evening, not many years
Ay ago, a man was seen to ascend the side of a
little mound or hillock, on the top of which he
lingered to gaze upon the wild scenery that lay
stretched out before him.
The man wore the leathern coat and leggings of
a North American hunter, or trapper, or back¬
woodsman ; and well did he deserve all these titles,
for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the
best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the
boldest man in the backwoods.
Jasper was big and strong as well as bold, but
he was not a bully. Men of true courage are in
general peacefully disposed. Jasper could fight
like a lion when there was occasion to do so; but
he was gentle and grave, and quiet by nature.
He was also extremely good-humoured ; had a
CHAPTER I.
THE HUNTEK.
N a beautiful summer evening, not many years
Ay ago, a man was seen to ascend the side of a
little mound or hillock, on the top of which he
lingered to gaze upon the wild scenery that lay
stretched out before him.
The man wore the leathern coat and leggings of
a North American hunter, or trapper, or back¬
woodsman ; and well did he deserve all these titles,
for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the
best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the
boldest man in the backwoods.
Jasper was big and strong as well as bold, but
he was not a bully. Men of true courage are in
general peacefully disposed. Jasper could fight
like a lion when there was occasion to do so; but
he was gentle and grave, and quiet by nature.
He was also extremely good-humoured ; had a
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Adventure and adventurers > Away in the wilderness, or, Life among the red Indians and fur-traders of North America > (15) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/136973129 |
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| Description | R.M. Ballantyne. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.92.110 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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