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... , make passing travellers fancy they are coming upon a rising village in the deep woods . A fine young orchard adorns the sloping bank behind the house ; whole rows of peach and cherry trees border the ample door 2 FOREST LIFE .
... , make passing travellers fancy they are coming upon a rising village in the deep woods . A fine young orchard adorns the sloping bank behind the house ; whole rows of peach and cherry trees border the ample door 2 FOREST LIFE .
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... walls are disposed all the con- veniences necessary for the full use of fire- place and oven , on the same plenteous scale . A rifle and a shot - gun hang on wooden hooks driven into the rafters over - head ; two 4 FOREST LIFE .
... walls are disposed all the con- veniences necessary for the full use of fire- place and oven , on the same plenteous scale . A rifle and a shot - gun hang on wooden hooks driven into the rafters over - head ; two 4 FOREST LIFE .
Page 12
... no great distance in the wood , and which he deter- mined to carry home as an offering to Caro- His thoughts were occupied line Hay . during the remainder of the day in deciding in what 12 FOREST LIFE . CHAPTER XXXI. ...
... no great distance in the wood , and which he deter- mined to carry home as an offering to Caro- His thoughts were occupied line Hay . during the remainder of the day in deciding in what 12 FOREST LIFE . CHAPTER XXXI. ...
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... woods , retired silently to another room . Few words were required to tell the par- ticulars of a casualty but too common where the country is thinly inhabited , and the dwellings built with little precaution against fire . The result ...
... woods , retired silently to another room . Few words were required to tell the par- ticulars of a casualty but too common where the country is thinly inhabited , and the dwellings built with little precaution against fire . The result ...
Page 32
... wood ; the parts ad- jacent to the fire , and the chimney itself , being all of oak , the latter slightly covered within with clay . When the chimney takes fire , as it is very apt to do in spots where the clay has crumbled off , the ...
... wood ; the parts ad- jacent to the fire , and the chimney itself , being all of oak , the latter slightly covered within with clay . When the chimney takes fire , as it is very apt to do in spots where the clay has crumbled off , the ...
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