THE STORY OF 



AN OUTING 



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THE CALL OF THE WILD 



HE writer was born at Colton 



enjoyed his youth ancKesfrty manhoody Colton is 

 situated in theToothills of th AdiiundacEsTon the banks 

 of the beautiful Raquette River, by far the largest in the 

 state save only the Hudson, and which carries to the 

 sea the waters of Tupper, Raquette, and Long lakes, and 

 outlets a large portion of the waters of the Adirondacks. 

 In this village in the short distance of a quarter-mile 

 the river falls ninety-two feet, in a succession of cascades 



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