XIII. 



A RIDE THROUGH THE FOREST A LEAN DINNER CHE- 



NEY'S COUSIN SWIMMING A LAKE WITH HORSES. 



Backwoods, August. 

 Dear H : 



I am off again for the woods — resolved to penetrate 

 to the heart of this wild country, whose scenery can- 

 not be matched this side of the Alps. For fifty miles, 

 we can with care go on horseback, and +*>*** we must 

 be our own beasts of burden. 



Our company consists of five — a young clergyman, 

 whom I persuaded to try bivouacking in the forest, in- 

 stead of lounging at Saratoga Springs for his health, 

 R — ffe, formerly a merchant in Maiden Lane, but now 

 a thorough backwoodsman, cutting down forests and 

 putting up mills, &c, and Doctor T — 11, and young 

 P 



It was a bright morning, as, mounted on fresh 



