Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 23
han another, it was gunpowder. Why he had sucha fancy for it, Icannot tell, unlessbecause it was anoisy, tearing, dan-gerous thing, likehimself. But bethis as it may, he spent more than half the littlemoney he could get in buying it. Everyday he was firing off some old pistol-barrel,rammed full of… … LAUGE GAME. 13 he and I went among the mountains to buntfor something. Pretty soon we saw a squir-rel, but Bill was so intent on killing a bear,a raccoon, or some large animal, that hescorned to shoot a squirrel. As we went on,we met with various kinds of small game,but none worthy of the attention…
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