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Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young (1887)

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York : John D. Williams · leaf 23

An illustration from Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young, 1887, leaf 23 — natured.He was ingenious in making whistles, andsetting snares and traps for quails, partridges,and rabbits. He was also an expert fisher-man, and had a knack of putting the hookand line into the water in such an insinuatingmanner, that he always caught more and 10 WIT BOUGHT. larger fish than any… … me, who, having been brought up in thecity, had but little acquaintance with thesearts. But although Bill was thus clever, he wasso restless and enterprising, as always to bein some scrape or other. One day, he had THE FOX-TRAP. 11 seen the burrow of a woodchuck, which is akind of American marmot,…

Children's stories, American

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