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 WILDERNESS.
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pipe, then struck their tents, and placed them and
their packs of goods in the canoes, with their
wives, children, and dogs. Pushing out into the
stream, they commenced the return journey to
their distant hunting-grounds. Once more their
shouts rang through the forest, and rolled over the
water, and once more the paddles sent the spark¬
ling drops into the air as they dashed ahead, round
the point of rocks above the fort, and disappeared ;
leaving the fur-trader, as they found him, smok¬
ing his pipe, with his hands in his pockets, and
leaning against the door-post of his once-agaiu
silent and solitary home.
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pipe, then struck their tents, and placed them and
their packs of goods in the canoes, with their
wives, children, and dogs. Pushing out into the
stream, they commenced the return journey to
their distant hunting-grounds. Once more their
shouts rang through the forest, and rolled over the
water, and once more the paddles sent the spark¬
ling drops into the air as they dashed ahead, round
the point of rocks above the fort, and disappeared ;
leaving the fur-trader, as they found him, smok¬
ing his pipe, with his hands in his pockets, and
leaning against the door-post of his once-agaiu
silent and solitary home.
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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 > (63) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/136973705 |
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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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