The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22
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| through the glasses m Doth water
ro view nnd we ' were ss
| between the net.ilke walls Of the gray-green
brush. There was a contin pal sn piping on both
aides az OF the breaking OF twiQs One would
have thought some animals ye.Io. fleeing from
| depth, and no animals. and but here an d there
heron could be seen anywhere. Afew min
tpudina throupb The swamp. and on this was
very fair Initiation OF the cattle-shipping plat
e oTsS a. P .s. mnSc 81 poe.
and the chute led down instead otup IL was
TO this chute that cattle schooners came to get
other was found further on. and then the ditch
opened out into what looked ike lake.
and the boatman ceased padding Hooked
around and found him about TO beRin bailing
out the canoe. The water was two inches
which was slatt the baggage II seemed to
me to be a tolerably good LEAKAGE for ten min
a. iSs5 reach the you'd TSo Ts' sa said Sd he
Te sfo OF the .tahe olnR anu ''
The wide water was reached an hour later
more Ike the Ibemarie than any have seen
-ashall low stretch with low sand dunes oward
nm nno Of avail was eomips in from tho
ocean, bearing a ripping breeze on its back.
and tile canoe began to roll and Iump in a way
that would have heen pleasing in a craft APP
proved as a cruiser ~ the American Canoe
Club; but where one sits on tiyD crook cd round
sticks on the bottom OF ieaky dugOut the
seeping into the boat more rapidly now. and
NS hs ss sss on whsR sS rha
say took "A sItZ nath pt every nlunge.
turned 70 the man with the nsdile and
stopped padding to bnh out but the canoe
Immediately bronched 10. and we narrowly
esCaped taking a bath OF another kind
Then he passed the rourd acoop to me and
invited me to work my passage, which felt
sHowed NJ that he could reach bottom with
his paddle there was no immediate
waIsinR " was bad and the trail under water to
the shore inJistinct. baIled till we got out
% the b, Ry hst @ the rsH ns
yet the point OF land toward which we were
heading was at least Ave miles away. l said:
When will we reach our landing 2'
After ten hours"
"WhatS You told me IL was a passage Of
but .%S h0 Sas .%sva Ss hars
That was true. I had misunderstOod the
Sigbt nhe M Of a mei nsq have seen men ssteS
short maps in the saddle. I have seen them
% N. IN Of tSs s maU H but Toy
hard luck in lodgings have never seen the
having snpnnsed we wenii arrive in two boups''
Ihad brourht nothing to eat
II can ever afford it I'll go back there md
cruiser. well SUPPLIED Win sa;hions TsS Trip
mad IN oil m mi ia NJ n do IA Va all
ne the eIemants Of omnlaIs mi.arv The snIt
AIR drifted in from The sea in n yyay To at once
snotha md ,,frssb Fisb Of m ANY sizes IeaneI
ard niavad ahout The noat As Inc nIgbt geii
uubts win siad On tha tar.av nv shore n nd The
sound ~ human yoicsa cane nnt to nc
msrvellously clear and Sistipct' Then. Wben
ths nigSt wore on and thasa voicas VIA
hmshed The screams Of night birds and T pos.
sinlv of wild animals ware beard. And throu9h
ali that time there was constantly before me
the picture Of that naSed.cnested darEo
skinned boatman sitting on the stern Of the
Ws Is"d With adnisation ~ tba rnne, es LOS
who could drive his birch bark canoe from the
nasn of dawn 10 the setting Of the sun ovar
The streams Of Canada The soure,,r was n
mighty man with the paddie. but here was
this Iadinn Of the race WON ali treve,iars
call nnntterabIy lay driyinG without rest "a
wnter.soaSed iop during more than eieyen
weary hours in the FORBID zone
Nv > o'cioct in the mornin o wa were ma ddIin1
nm n river THAT WAS bordered nv rich pastures
,rher, many nna cattla Ssre feedinu ana ioII.
Ing about We saw no sien OF human habitn-
tation. however, until at about $50 O'clock.
when honse apneared ON the lett hank and
then some timer for another house were