The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil (1875) (14563508598)

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Title: The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil

Year: 1875 (1870s)

Authors: Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882 Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891

Subjects: Hunting Game and game-birds

Publisher: London, New York : T. Nelson and Sons

Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Fatigue and sleepiness, however, finally prevailed over ourimagination. We fell asleep, and did not wake until theday was far advanced. Before us rose, on the slope of the hill, the phalansteryof the prairie dogs; and as our horses were asleep, as ourfire was extinguished, and as no human movement troubledthe tranquillity of nature, our eyes were struck by a singu-larly fantastic spectacle. Before us were upwards of a thousand marmots, ahundred owls, and as many rattlesnakes, leaping fromone burrow to another, flying and hovering, crawling andhissing. Our blood froze in our veins, and yet we werechained to the spot. At length we were compelled to quit this dangerousneighbourhood. We arose, and all disappeared, exceptthe serpents, which from time to time raised their headsabove the openings to the burrows, and glided outside.An hour after sunrise we had reached the banks of theMississippi. We had no more danger to fear, and feltourselves secure under the segis of American civilization.

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