Four months in a sneak-box. A boat voyage of 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers (1879)
Bishop, Nathaniel Holmes, 1837-1902. [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee & Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham · leaf 274
f which was covered in places withlarge and delicious oysters. Crossing the lagoon,we landed in a heavy forest of yellow pines.This desolate region was the home of JohnChildeers, a farmer; and we were informedthat he alone, in the entire neighborhood, wasthe possessor of oxen, and was in fact the… … - *«•,* K *^,h o J. ntr o -J S H^ ^^ FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX. 247 mile came upon the clearing of the backwoods-man. His two daughters, young women, wereworking in the field; but the sight of a strangerwas so unusual to them, that, heedless of myremonstrances and gentle assurances of good-will,…
Boats and boating
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