For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 496
morethan one or two feetof water underneath,and even then thedanger of wet feet,frozen clothes, a badcold, and a well-de-served lecture athome ought to fur-nish excitementenough to satisfythem. The really bravelad does not adver-tise that quality byengaging his com-panions in a sport that brings… … CHAPTER XLSTUNNING MUSK-RATS AND FISH Sport for Boys on Skates when the Ice is Thin and Clear—How Cat=fish and * Suckers are Stunned and Captured. After the first freeze, and while the ice is still trans-parent but thick enough to support your weight, if youvisit the mill-pond where you know that…
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