The young bird, unable to fly, and tooĭelicate to resist the influence of the wet, sickens and Will rise, bearing upon its surface the waters of a thousandįloods, swell within its narrow banks, and overflow Notes, hidden instinctively away, when the Mississippi Have been made, and the young birds may have in peaceīroken the shell, and frightened at their own piping The turkey an evening meal, while the weasel contents Nor, is its finely-flavored meat unappreciatedīy other destroyers, as the fox often makes Leaves the hole of the wildcat in peace and this bitterĮnemy of the turkey, wars upon it, and makes its life one The same obscurity, however, that protects them, To "the settler," will shelter them from the rifle Īnd in the rich productions of the soil, they find a superabundance The swamps and lowlands that offer no present inducement Southern states, there are fastnesses, in which they willįind support and protection for a long time to come. In Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, and other It is comparatively common on the "frontiers," butĮvery passing year lessens its numbers and as their disappearanceĪlways denotes their death their extermination "clearing," it only lives in its excellent and degeneratedĭescendant of the farm-yard, but in the vast prairies andįorests of the "far west," this bird is still abundant,Īnd makes an important addition to the fare of wild life. It to provide against excessive cold or heat. Throughout the whole of our continent, its habits onlyĭiffering, where the peculiarity of the seasons compelled ORIGINALLY, the wild turkey was found scattered LARGE AND SMALL STEAMERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI.The mighty associations which surround them. Men, whose daily life and conversation, when detailed,Īre, after all, only the natural developments of There are growing up, in these primitive wilds, Its developing destiny, - present facts, whichįar surpass the wildest imagery of the dreamers The discovery of America, - its vast extent, - and Here partially demonstrated in the denizens of the With the varied associations of long civilization, is What man would be, uninfluenced by contact Our country, characters truly sui generis - truly To be found, in the more comparative infancy of Here, in their vast interior solitudes, far removedįrom trans-Atlantic influences, are alone Which the pilgrims from every land, for the first
The southwest, with its primeval and evergreenįorests, its unbounded prairies, and its many andĬontinuous rivers, presents contributions of nature, Original characters national to these localities. To be critically correct, indulging in the honestĪmbition of giving some information, while depicting In these matters, the author has endeavored With the scenery of the southwest, some idea of the These sketches, to give to those personally unacquainted Which the author would impress upon such readers asĪn effort has been made, in the course of THE "HIVE OF THE BEE-HUNTER" has one object, WHETHER RESIDING IN THE CROWDED CITY, PLEASANT In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the NEW-YORK:Įntered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854, Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports.ĪUTHOR OF "TOM OWEN, THE BEE-HUNTER " "MYSTERIES OF THE BACK-WOODS," ETC.
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