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Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Peck, George, 1797-1876
Subjects: Wyoming Massacre, 1778 Wyoming Valley (Pa.) — History
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Association. The namesof the officers and committee were as follows: Mrs.Chester Butler, President; Mrs. Gr. M. Hollenback andMrs. E. Carey, Vice-presidents ; Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Nich-olson, Mrs. Hollenback, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Boss, Mrs.Cunningham, Mrs. Beaumont, Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Ben-net, Mrs. Carey, Executive Committee ; Miss Emily Cist,Treasurer ; Miss Gertrude Butler, Secretary; Mrs. Don-ley, Mrs. L. Butler, Corre-sponding Committee. The ladies solicited do-nations, held fairs, and, bydint of zeal and persever-ance, succeeded in raisingthe funds for the erectionot a monument at once ofthe patriotic deeds of theirfathers and of their ownpower. The monument isconstructed of granite, andis sixty-two and a half feetin height. On three mar-ble slabs are engraved thefoliowing inscriptions. On the front slab, composed by Edward Mallory,Esq., is the following: Near tliis spot was fought, on the afternoon of the 8d of July, 1778,the Battle of Wyoming, in -which a small band of patriotic Ameri-
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THE MONUMENT. 386 cans, chiefly the undisciplined, the youthful, and the aged, spared byinefficiency from the distant ranks of the Republic, led by ColonelZebulon Butler and Colonel Nathan Denison, with a courage thatdeserved success, boldly met and bravely fought a combined Brit-ish, Tory, and Indian force of thrice their number. Numerical su-periority alone gave success to the invader, and widespread havoc,desolation, and ruin marked his savage and bloody footsteps throughthe Valley. This monument, commemorative of these events, and in memoryof the actors in them, has been erected over the bones of the slain bytheir descendants and others, who gratefully appreciate the servicesand sacrifices of their jjatriotic ancestors. On the other slabs the following: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Slain in the battle: Field-officers: Lieutenant Colonel GeorgeDorrance, Major John Garret. Captains: James Bidlack, Jun.,Aholiab Buck, Robert Durkee, Rezin Geer, Joseph Whittlesey, De-thic Hewi
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Year: 1891 (1890s)
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turesque bays known to the navigator than those ofSan Francisco and San Diego? Is there a beach more beautiful than that of Santa Cruz orMonterey, Santa Barbara or Santa Monica, Oceanside or Coronado? Have the islands, therocky cliffs, the bold headlands, the ever varying, never wearying panorama of the 1,000miles of coast line belonging to California their superior in all this broad world? Whether it be peaceful valley or rugged mountain, vast glacier or gushing artesiarufountain,immense snow field or lovely strand, blue sky or purple sunset, desert desolation or thehighest types of mans skill as a husbandman, all these in their perfection exist in the GoldenState. What State so seldom sends out an emigrant! What State is more worthy of alllove and admiration bestowed upon it? Not, it is true, the California that men have made it,— in all respects. There is all toomuch to cause the Californian, who has the best good of his home at heart, to blush; but the oS X w > 0 oz zw r >
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WIJfTER OJ^ THE SIERRA. 109 California that God made, and upon whicli He has left the impress of His hand in suchunmistakable fashion,— the California cf untrodden forest and unmeasured mountain, ofvalleys filled with happy natives and unfrightened game, of other valleys where the water hasmade fruitful gardens from a desert, of beautiful cities and lovely homes; not the Californiaof the desperado and the land grabber, of the destroyed forest and the ruined stream, andall the unlovely insignia of mans greed and carelessness for the welfare of others, but theCalifornia of nature untrammeled, as well as nature controlled and developed by the skillfulhand and artistic sense of intelligent man. Let the tourist leave his Eastern home after the winter season shall have commenced.Journeying westward, the same climatic exigencies common to all the country east of theSierra are encountered. Icy winds sweep the plains, snow lies to a depth of many feet uponthe face of the earth, the windows o
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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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THE COMMON, OR FRESH-WATER CRAW-FISH. Craw-fish are found in many rivers, edged in holes whic^» theyform in tlie clayey banks; and their presence is generally esteemed anevidence of the goodness of the water. They are frequently caught bysticks split at the end, with a bait inserted in the cleft, and stuck in the 558 THE GREAT CENTIPEDE. mud at the distance of a few feet from eacli other. These sticks, afterremaining some time, are taken up, and generally with an animaladhering to each. They are gently drawn out, and a basket is putunder to receive the animals, which drop off when brought to the surface.
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Title: Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters … with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibustering expeditions; … eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright, Axley and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and describing life and adventure on the plains ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Triplett, Frank
Subjects: Indians of North America Frontier and pioneer life
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mining expert, named Byron Cole, was travel-ing through Central America looking for mines for an Americancompany. He had known Walker in San Francisco and knew ofhis desperate attempt to filibuster Lower California and Sonora inthe autumn of 1853. He had heard Walker talk of the golden empire he intended tofound in some of the Spanish-American States and had himselfbecome an enthusiast on the subject. He had heard of Walkersheroic attempt already alluded to and felt that he was destined toachieve a glorious name and this, he thought, would be an opportuneopening for him. The raid on Sonora had failed, it was true, but I ^ CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS. that was inevitable from the first. Leavins^San Francisco in a lis:htschooner, with some fifty followers, Walker landed at a small porton the Pacific Coast of Lower California. Here he met with a feebleresistance and marching into the interior, he invaded Sonora andpresented the singular spectacle of an invasion failing for the wantof foes.
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COLONEL BYRON COLE. Pressing on through sparsely settled valleys and inhospitabledeserts, he was conquered by the desolation everywhere i:)revalent.Without supplies of food and unable to find subsistence in thecountrv, his followers soon become a raofged and worn out lot of • CO half-starved specters who had easily brushed away every one of theii DESCRIPTION OF XICAHAGl A AND ITS AFFAIRS. 07!) outnumbering ioLs, bul were uiuiblc to contend again.st the tliiist andfamine of the desert and at last, with starved and wasted forms,shoeless and nearly naked, their feet lacerated with the sharp rocksand their hands mangled with thorns and cacti, they staggci-ed acrossthe frontier of Sonora into the golden State, sweeping from theirpathway at one wild, reckless charge three hundred Mexican cav-alry Avho had been sent to intercept them. They were ragged, worn,starved, parched with tropic heat and burning fever, but they hadthe courage of their pioneer sires that never wavered, and stagger-in
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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: O.L. Baskin & Co
Subjects: Clear Creek County (Colo.) — History Gilpin County (Colo.) — History Jefferson County (Colo.) — History Boulder County (Colo.) — History Colorado — Biography
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efulfancy with an imaginary sweetheart, or dreamingof the evanescent vision of nights on summits thatcoquetted with Orion, seeking wild adventure andthe most savage haunts of Nature for its owndelights, ami camping under the moon, courtingcompanionship with the wildest solitudes. I hadnot even imagined a wilderness of loneliness com-parable with the absolute desolation of this awfulsummit. T stood for the moment oppressed withthe majesty that enveloped me. And even whenself-possession slowly returned with the compara-tive restoration of convulsed physical nature, thestupendous realism of the wondrous scene rivaledthe tumult of super-stimulated fancy. For alittle period before your wandering faculties areremoralized, while staring with dazed eyes uponthe glaring sky and confused maze of mountainsall around, and plains which spread out below inmisty vagueness, chaos seems to have come again.Even the dreary realism of the dismal prospectof the desolate peak itself scarcely dissipates the
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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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strious neighbor, and as soonas the Canvas-Back rises with the favorite root on which they bothgreedily feed, the Bald-Pate snatches the morsel and makes off withhis booty. They are always very alert and lively, feeding and swimming out into the ponds and rivers at all hours of the day, but areBxtremely watchful, sheltering in coves and behind the land, and onthe slightest attempt to steal upon them, immediately row out intothe stream beyond gun-shot, and then only take to wing when mucbdisturbed. THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUCK. This most beautiful of Ducks seems to be dressed in a studied attiie, to which the addition of a flowing cresladds a finish of peculiar elegance; andhence Linnseus has dignified the specieswith the title of sponsa or the brideThis splendid bird, according to Nut-tall, is peculiar to America but extendsits residence from the cold regions ofHudsons Bay in the 54th parallel to•uMxn DUCK. Mexico and the Antilles. Throughout ?54 a great part of this vast space, or at
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372 THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUUK. least as far soutli as Florida and the Mississippi territory, the SammerDuck is known to breed. In the interior they are also found in theState of Missouri, and along the woody borders and still streamawhich flow into most of the great north-western lakes of the St. Law-rence. The Summer Duck, so called from its constant residence inthe United States, has indeed but little predilection for the sea coast^its favorite haunts being the solitary, deep, and still waters, ponds,woody lakes, and the mill dams in the interior, making its nest oftenin decayed and hollow trees impending over the water.
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Year: 1880 (1880s)
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Subjects: Birds Zoology
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he spirit andvigor displayed by it whenhooked afford fine sport. Itis peculiarly apt at breakingthe line, a feat sometimesaccomplished by a violentblow of the tail, and some-times by contriving to twisttlie line round a root or post, and giving a sudden jerk. It feeds principally on larvae and molluscs, inhabiting the banks, andobtains them by rooting in the sand with its snout. The Barbels, orbeards, hanging from the upper jaw doubtless assist in these investiga-tions. It frequently grows to a very great size, weighing from fifteentO eighteen pounds, and measuring upwards of three feet in length,^any are captured by nets during the summer, at which season theyfrequent the weedy parts of the river in shoals; but in winter theyft-tire to the shelter afforded by banks and old woodwork. Severalg-Dod swimmers have been known to dive after the Barbel, as they laypressed against the banks, and to bring up one each time, not unfre-quently appearing with two, one in each hand. THE DEVIL FISH.
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rac DETiL vitu. The Sea Devil, or Fishing Frog,is an inhabitant of the British^ieas. It grows to a large size,some being between four and fivefeet long. The fishermen on thatcoast have a great regard for thisfish, from a supposition that it is agreat enemy to the Dog-fish; andwhenever they take it with theirlines, set it at liberty. It is a fishof very great deformity; the headis much bigger than the wholebody; is round at the circumfer-ence, and flat above, the mouthof a prodigious wideness. THE BLENNIES- -FATHER LASHER, ETC. 469 THE BLENNliS. The species of this genusare small, live in shoals, butnot in great numbers: theyare very active and tenaciousof life, and frequent rockycoasts, where they may oftenbe found in the pools ofwater left by the tide, hidingthemselves among the weeds,and in the crevices of therocks.
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Year: 1880 (1880s)
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lbatross ; of which three are foundprincipally in the seas of hot climates, and the fourth is confined totliose within the Antarctic Circle. Their bill is straight: the ujipermanolible hooked at the point; and the lower truncated, or appearingas if cut off. The nostrils are oval, wide, prominent, and lateral; thetongue is very small ; and the feet have each three toes, all placed ward. THE WAXDKRIXG ALBATROSS, OB MANOF-WAR BIRD. In size these birds are sometimes as large as a Swan. Their genera.color is white, the upper parts are marked with black lines. The quill 390 THE WANDERING ALBATROSS. feathers are black; and tlie tail is ronndecl, and of a lead color. Thebill is of a pale yellow, and the legs are flesh-colored. These birds are found in most seas, but chiefly in those within theTropics: they are, however, often seen about the Cape of Good Hope;and, towards the end of July, they collect in great numbers in Kamt-schatka, and the seas which separate that part of Asia from America.
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Its powers of fllfjht are exceeding^ great; h ts a?moet constantly on>the wing, and is equilly at ease during the stillest calm, or iying withmeteor-like swiftness before the most fnrions gale. They are exceedingly vonicioips, and feed an variows species of fishaad raolluscse. The shoals of flying-fishy whei> ])ersecnted by theirenemies of the deep, make their a]^|K>alancc for a sf)ort flight in theair^ and suffer greatly from the voi-acity of these birds. They alsooften pursue the shmils of salmon iiitt> tine unsMitlis- of large rivers^ and THE PEUCAN TRIBE IN GENERAL. 391 po ffort^e themselves as, notwithstanding their otherwise extraordinarypoweis of flight, to be prevented by their weight and consequentetupidity even from rising. In the West Indies the appearance of these birds is sa,id to foretellthe arrival of ships; this indeed is sometimes true, and arises from avery natural cause. They always fiah in fine weather; so that whenthe wind is boisterous out at se;a, th
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sh being caught near the island of Sardinia in great abundance, andbeing exported from that island, in barrels, to various parts of theworld, they have obtained, in several countries, the name of /SardineSprats are likewise found in the North Sea and the Baltic. They usually frequent the deep parts of the sea; but in the autumnthey approach the smooth and sandy shores, for the purpose of de-piEditing there thei spawn. THE SHAD. SJcads appear in the river Ehine in the month of March; in the Severn and Thames, and Dela-ware, in April, May, and ^une;and in the Nile in Decemberand January. As soon aathey arrive, they deposit theirspawn in pl*^^es where thecurrent is most rapid; and,some months afterwards, returnto the sea. They ascend the Rhine as far as BmW, where they are caught in nets,and osier baskets or traps. In order to attract them into the latter, thefishermen use a bait of peas, prepared in a certain way with myrrh:this bait is put into a small bag, and suspended in the inside.
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SHAD. 450 TDE ANCUOVY.
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for the winter. Perhaps in books or in one of the great museums you haveseen pictures of Eg)^ptians or Babylonians in workshops. Im-agine the life of these people. In the towns, the houses of themerchants and nobles were fairly comfortable; but the homesof the workmen were miserable, dirty, one-story huts. Menand women and children slept and ate and did their work in oneroom. In the market place, in the center of the town or on the banksof the river, cattle from the country were herded and killed bythe butchers and offered for sale. Food of all kinds — vege-tables, grain, fruit, and fish — was piled in great baskets, andmen and women handled it and shouted and quarreled with theowners trying to get the best bargains they could. Clothing ofwool and linen and cotton was displayed against the walls ofbuildings or hung on racks in front of the shops. Under gaudycolored awnings, merchants who had traveled in far countriesoffered costly jewels and works of gold and silver to the richer
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Egyptian Market Scene17 18 THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT EAST citizens who were able to pay the price. Objects made of ivoryand curious woods gathered in India or in the heart of Africawere also displayed. In the side streets were confectioners andbakers and barbers and sandal makers. Carpenters and masonsand woodworkers stood in the market place waiting for jobs.Here and there, all over the city, were wine shops and restaurantswhere merchants gathered and made bargains over their foodand drink. From early morning to sunset, the city was alivewith the noise and bustle of trade. Day after day, boats on the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphratesdeparted carr5dng cargoes Consigned to other cities on the riveror to cities in distant lands. Across the Red Sea and the Medi-terranean, out into the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, ven-turesome sailors and merchants pursued their voyages in questof products which the king and his nobles were willing to buy.Across the deserts and mountains of Afric
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Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: Washoe Indians
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roof, open-air cages. When perfectly dry inside andout they are packed in sweet-smelling Tallac Meadow hay,and shipped by express. Many visitors cannot understand why there are no fishin some of the lakes that, to their eyes, seem just as well 276 THE LAKE OF THE SKY —LAKE TAHOE adapted for fish as others that possess an abundance. Evenold timers do not all know the reason. If a lake is shal-low, when the deep snow falls it soon sinks below the sur-face in a heavy mushy mass that presses down upon the fishand prevents their breathing. Then, if a severe frost fol-lows and the mass freezes the ice squeezes the fish to thebottom. Over three years ago Watson took fish to BessieLake, putting in as many as 6000 fry of Lake Tahoe andother species. The next year, and the following years theywere all right, having grown to eight or nine inches inlength. Then came a severe winter and in the spring therewas not a living fish left. The bottom was strewn withthem, many of them with broken backs.
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ast one, James, became ofgreat importance in the first years of the developmentof Christianity, were his cousins-german. Mary, infact, had a sister, named also Mary, who married a cer-tain Alpheus or Cleophas (these two names seem todesignate one person), and was the mother of severalsons, who played a considerable part among the firstdisciples of Jesus. These cousins-german, who ad-hered to the young master while his true brothers op-posed him, took the name of brothers of the Lord.The true brothers of Jesus were, as well as theirmother, of no importance till after his death. . . .His sisters married at Nazareth, and there he passedthe years of his first youth. Nazareth was a smalltown . . . the population at present is from threeto four thousand souls; and it can not have changedmuch. The cold there is keen in winter, and the cli-mate very healthy. The town, as at that epoch allthe smaller Jewish towns, was a collection of huts builtwithout style, and must have presented the dry and
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SUBSTITUTES FOR THE GOSPEL HIST. 287 poor aspect which villages in the Semitic countriesstill offer. The houses, as far as appears, did not differmuch from those cubes of stone, without eleganceeither exterior or interior, which now cover the richerparts of the Libanus, and which, mingled with vinesand fig-trees, have still a very agreeable look. Thesurrounding country, on the other hand, is charming;and no spot in the world was so fitted for dreams ofabsolute happiness. Even in our days Nazareth is stilla delicious place of residence—the only spot, perhaps,in Palestine, where the soul feels itself somewhat re-lieved from the burden which oppresses it in the midstof desolation unequalled. The people are amiableand cheerful; the gardens are fresh and green. An-toninus Martyr, at the end of the sixth century, drewan enchanting picture of the fertility of the, countryround, comparing it to Paradise. Some valleys on thewestern side fully justify his description. The foun-tain, round whi
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n thousand, four thousand of whomwere burnt to death. ?^ Portuguese Relation. 1541.] DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 165 nessee. This river in that place was half a league over, so that aman could not be distinguished from one side to the other ;it was very deep and very rapid, and being always full of thfrnS-^trees and timber that was carried down by the force of thestream, the water was thick and very muddy. It abounded withfish, most of which differed much from those that are taken in therivers of Spain. Boats were necessary to cross, and it took a monthto build them. A great cacique, Aquixo, was lord of the country on the other sideof the Mississippi, and in a day or two he approached to meet yj^j^ ^f ^j^^the strangers. He came with an imposing array of two hun- <^<=i<i^®-dred canoes, filled with armed men, a part of whom stood up to pro-tect the rowers with feathered shields, but all with their bodies andfaces painted, their heads adorned with plumes of many colors. The
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cacique and other chiefs were sheltered under awnings. The canoes were most neatly made and very large, and, with their pavilions, feathers, shields, and standards, looked like a fleet of galleys. They brought presents of fish and fruit and bread, and came, they said, to welcome and do homage to the strangers. But the strangers chose to beheve that they had a hostile purpose ; when they hesitated to land the Span- Fleet f the Cacique. 166 SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS. [Chap. VII. iards killed five or six of them for such a want of confidence, andothers who attempted to make a landing they fell upon as comingwith evil intent. When the boats were finished the army crossed without opposition.For a few days they kept along the west bank of the river, makingtheir way with difficulty through the forest and wet bottom lands, andharassed by constant attacks from the Indians. But they reached, erelong, a higher and dryer country, where they remained for more thana month, and where they
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Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: Washo Indians Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)
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CIL^IOKK LAKK, PYRAMID PEAK AND THE CRYSTAL RANGE,IN WINTER, FROM SUMINIIT OF MOUNT TALLAC
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DESOLATION VALLEY, Li)()KlX(i TOWARD MOSQUITO PASS
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M^^6^ HISTORY OF GILPIN COUNTY. 263 fire, which had just reached the Teller Houseand Register building when they arrived. Again, quoting from the Regi&U r- < all: Butwhy rest upon these sad, sorrowful scenes ?Why describe the wild scene of terror that tookpossession of all; the rushing to and fro ofmen in their vain efforts to save property ;the wailings of women in their frantic en-deavors to save smile household idol; and thecries of childhood separated from fathers andmothers. I he pandemonium of voices, weepingand wailing, which arose above the hissing ofthe flames, the crackling of timbers, and thefalling of buildings? Suffice it, to say,that, when the shadows of night fell uponthe prosperous mining camp of the morning, a scene of desolation was presented tothe eye which sickened every beholder andleft impressions which all will take to thegrave. (; Throughout the long watches of the night,huddled together on the mountain sides, smallknots of sad, sorrowing men, women and
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CHAPTER XXIX HUNTING AT LAKE TAHOE IN the chapter on the Birds and Animals of the TahoeRegion I have written of the game to be found. Thereare few places left in the Sierras where such good deer-and bear-hunting can be found as near Tahoe. During thedense snow-falls the deer descend the western slopes, ap-proaching nearer and nearer to the settlements of the upperfoothills, and there they do fairly well until the snow be-gins to recede in the spring. They keep as near to the snowline as possible, and are then as tame and gentle almost assheep. When the season opens, however, they soon flee tocertain secret recesses and hidden lairs known to none butthe old and experienced guides of the region. There areso many of these wooded retreats, however, and the Tahoearea is so vast, that it is seldom an expert goes out for deer(or bear) that he fails. Hence the sportsman is always as-sured of something worth while. As for bear I have told elsewhere of recent hunts on Mt.iFreel from Tallac, and
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nd has been recorded from the Kafue River (Boyd Alexander,Rhodesia 1900)- It is abundant, however, on the Upper Zambesi (Bradshaw, fide Stark andSclater, 1906; Holub and von Pelzeln, 1882) and in northwestern Bechuana Protectorateon the Botletli River (Bryden, 1893), on Lake Ngami where it is resident and presumably breeds (An-dersson, 1872), at Kanye (NicoUs and EgUngton, 1892). It is fairly abundant also in Portuguese WestSouthwest Africa, south of the Cuanza River, where it was found at Kakondo, on the Kunene,^^^^^ at Huilla, Gambos and Humbe (Barboza de Socage, 1877-81). According to Fleck (1894) it occurs in former German Southwest Africa near Rehoboth, Fish River, and Andersson(1872) describes it as common in the rainy season in Damaraland and Great Namaqualand, and breed-ing in Ovampoland. South of the Orange River the present species occurs only as a rare straggler. It has been taken onthe Kleinmont River, Bathurst Division (Layard, 1875-84), and once in Pondoland, Cape Colony
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COMB or KNOB-BILLED DUCK 71 (Horsbrugh, 1912). A specimen had apparently been taken also in Natal some time before 1862 (Scla-ter. Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 4, p. 284,1862). There is no record of its occurrence in the Orange South Af-River Colony, but it has been taken on the Molopo River near Mafeking, southwestern rica; OrangeTransvaal (W. Ayres, 1887; Shelley, 1882) at Potchefstroom (Barratt, 1876; W. Ayres, ^^^^^1887) and at Rustenburg (W. Ayres, 1887). According to C. H. Taylor (1907), it is resident andbreeds in southeastern Transvaal in the Amersfoort District, and Haagner (1914) re- q,cently discovered it breeding on the Crocodile River in the same general region, this be-ing the southernmost breeding record. Between the Limpopo and the Zambesi, that is in southern Rhodesia, the species has been fre-quently found. There are specimens from the Tati River in the South African Museum, and F. Oates(1881) found it on the Ramaquaban River. It is common during the rains on the Que Que River
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water is thick. As the winterfipproaches, these haunt? are changed foi<leep and still waters. The Roach is so silly a fish, that it has acquired the name of theWater-sheep^ in contradistinction to the Carp, which from its subtletyis termed the River-fox. Sound as a Boaeh, is a proverb that appearsimt indifferently founded. This is a handsome fish, either in the water or when immediatelytaken out of it. The flesh, although reckoned wholesome, is in littleesteem, on account of the great quantity of bones. When Roach arein season, their scales are very smooth; but when they are out of sea-son, these feel like the rough side of an oyster-shell. Their fins alsoare geneially red when the animals are in perfection. These fishdiffer much in quality, according to the rivers in which they aracaught. None are good that are kept in ponds. Roach feed on aquatic plants and vermes. Their usual weight iafrom half a pound to two pounds. Some, however, have been knownto weigt as much as five pounds.
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454 THE GOLD-FISH. The baits used in catching Roach are various kinds of worms, flies,and pastes. The time for angling is, in mild cloudy weather, all theday; in hot weather, only in the mornings and evenings; and in coldweather; during the middle of the day. THE GOLD-FISH. Gold-fish are natives of China; and the most beautiful kinds are caught in a small lake in the pro-vince of Chekyang, at the foot of amountain called Tsyen-king. Theywere first introduced into Englandabout the year 16J>1, but were notgenerally known till thirty yearsafterwards._ In China they are kept in ponds, or large porcelain vessels, byalmost every person of distinction. In these they are Yery lively andactive, sporting about the surface of the water with great vivacity;but they are so delicate, that, if cannon be fired, or any substancegiving out a powerful smell, as pitch or tar, are barned near them,great numbers will be killed. In each of the ponds or basins wherethey are kept, there is an earthen pan,
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d has been recorded from the Kafue River (Boyd Alexander,p, , . 1900). It is abundant, however, on the Upper Zambesi (Bradshaw, fide Stark and Sclater, 1906; Holub and von Pelzeln, 1882) and in northwestern Bechuana Protectorateon the Botletli River (Bryden, 1893),on Lake Ngami where it is resident and presumably breeds (An-dersson, 1872), at Kanye (Nicolls and Eglington, 1892). It is fairly abundant also in Portuguese WestSouthwest Africa, south of the Cuanza River, where it was found at Kakondo, on the Kunene,Africa at Huilla, Gambos and Humbe (Barboza de Bocage, 1877-81). According to Fleck (1894) it occurs in former German Southwest Africa near Rehoboth, Fish River, and Andersson(1872) describes it as common in the rainy season in Damaraland and Great Namaqualand, and breed-ing in Ovampoland. South of the Orange River the present species occurs only as a rare straggler. It has been taken onthe Kleinmont River, Bathurst Division (Layard, 1875-84), and once in Pondoland, Cape Colony
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Qg ^3 e Q oO c+3 3 CO CO COMB or KNOB-BILLED DUCK 71 (Horsbrugh, 1912). A specimen had apparently been taken also in Natal some time before 1862 (Scla-ter, Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 4, p. 284,1862). There is no record of its occurrence in the Orange South Af-River Colony, but it has been taken on the Molopo River near Mafeking, southwestern rica; OrangeTransvaal (W. Ayres, 1887; Shelley, 1882) at Potchefstroom (Barratt, 1876; W. Ayres, River1887) and at Rustenburg (W. Ayres, 1887). According to C. H. Taylor (1907), it is resident andbreeds in southeastern Transvaal in the Amersfoort District, and Haagner (1914) re- ~ , cently discovered it breeding on the Crocodile River in the same general region, this be-ing the southernmost breeding record. Between the Limpopo and the Zambesi, that is in southern Rhodesia, the species has been fre-quently found. There are specimens from the Tati River in the South African Museum, and F. Oates(1881) found it on the Ramaquaban River. It is common during the
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