The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil (1875) (14563522488)

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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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albefore he is frozen; select the best pieces, and leave theremainder for the cayeutes. We have quite enoughvenison for our hunting supplies.—Come with me, Bene-dict. I am going to dig a hole in the ice, and see if I cancatch a few trout for you, that we may have both fleshand fish for our dinner. I dont think you would getbetter fare in Paris, either at Yerys, or at the Fr6res-Pro-vengaux. Soon, said, soon done; the axe quickly reached thelimpid water *of the lake, which splashed its brilliantpearly drops about our leather leggings. Monai baited acouple of fishing-lines with a fragment of the stags liver;and while I held them with either hand, Mr. Howardprepared the fire for cooking our repast. 266 BROILING TROUT. One by one, I caught four magnificent trout, and I wasbeginning to enjoy this new kind of sport, when Mr.Howard hailed me, to rejoin him with the results of my angling. The trout were handed over to Monai, who removedtheir scales, gutted them, and splitting them open from
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I WAS BEGINNING TO ENJOY THIS NEW KIND OF SPORT. head to tail, spitted them on a wooden skewer, four othertwigs, placed crosswise, keeping them open like a fan.On a glowing fire, over which some slices of venison wereroasting, we placed the trout thus prepared. Afterwards,we spread beneath some pieces of bread on a couple ofstones to catch the fat of the succulent fish. In due timethe repast was ready; and I was calling the Indian totake his share, when Mr. Howard said,— Do not lose your time in inviting Monai, who takeshis food only once a day, and never drinks except at that A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. • 267 solitary meal. But as we are not accustomed to suchsobriety, let us fall to. And, seating himself on the trunk of* a prostrate tree,he eagerly attacked the good things set before him. I must here confess, apart from the fact that hunger isthe best sauce, that the deer-steaks and the trout wereworthy of the table of the most fastidious epicure. Itwas with difficulty Jack could obta