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Jack the Young Explorer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542941679)
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xExcerpt from Jack the Young Explorer: A Boy's Experiences in the Unknown Northwest
For untold ages the mountain goats had clambered undisturbed along the face of the steep precipices that overhang the St Mary's River and Swift Current. Over the slide rock fallen from their cliffs the wild sheep had beaten out paths and trails zigzagging from the valley below to the heights above. On the lower wooded slopes the elk browsed in spring and fall, climbing high above the timber at the season when the flies were bad, and again when snows fell at the approach of winter, working their way down toward the lower lands and the foothills of the prairie. In the thick swamps and morasses of the river bottom the moose dwelt, sometimes clambering up toward the heights, but more often escaping the summer flies by burying their huge bodies beneath the waters of the lakes, or perhaps by wallowing in some great bog, from which they emerged covered with black mud which, drying, formed, a coating that protected them. Everywhere through the valleys, on the hillsides, far up on the bald knolls, and even higher still, where the sheep and goats delighted to climb, the buffalo of the mountains - called by old mountaineers bison, to distinguish them from the yellower, sunburned animals of the plains wandered singly or in little groups.
These rough and rocky fastnesses protected them well.
The Indians of the plains never tried to pass beneath these gloomy walls.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: George Bird Grinnell
ISBN-10: 1542941679
ISBN-13: 9781542941679
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2017
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
For untold ages the mountain goats had clambered undisturbed along the face of the steep precipices that overhang the St Mary's River and Swift Current. Over the slide rock fallen from their cliffs the wild sheep had beaten out paths and trails zigzagging from the valley below to the heights above. On the lower wooded slopes the elk browsed in spring and fall, climbing high above the timber at the season when the flies were bad, and again when snows fell at the approach of winter, working their way down toward the lower lands and the foothills of the prairie. In the thick swamps and morasses of the river bottom the moose dwelt, sometimes clambering up toward the heights, but more often escaping the summer flies by burying their huge bodies beneath the waters of the lakes, or perhaps by wallowing in some great bog, from which they emerged covered with black mud which, drying, formed, a coating that protected them. Everywhere through the valleys, on the hillsides, far up on the bald knolls, and even higher still, where the sheep and goats delighted to climb, the buffalo of the mountains - called by old mountaineers bison, to distinguish them from the yellower, sunburned animals of the plains wandered singly or in little groups.
These rough and rocky fastnesses protected them well.
The Indians of the plains never tried to pass beneath these gloomy walls.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: George Bird Grinnell
ISBN-10: 1542941679
ISBN-13: 9781542941679
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2017
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
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