Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 633
ching for ahouse of some sort, for I began to feel lonesome inthe darkness, and the romance of sleeping out ofdoors gradually oozed away out of my mind.But the underbrush was so thick, and the darknessso dense under the trees, and the thorns thatscratched my hands and face so plentiful, that Isoon… … i 31 NO CHANNEL. became so dense that further progress was impos-sible, and I concluded that there was really nochannel on that side of the lake. I forced my way to the shore on the left-handside, where I saw a forest growing, and found solidground under the trees. I determined to eat mysupper, and…
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