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Deer- Hunting on the An Sable. 



CAMP ERWIN. 



a rickety old barn ; that behind it is a blacksmith's shop, and the 

 remaining house is that in which we had our quarters. It contains, 

 on the upper floor, one large and finely ventilated apartment ; and 

 below, the kitchen, dining, and "living" room and two small bed- 

 rooms. One of these was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William Barn- 

 field, the latter of whom had engaged to cook for our party, while 

 the former, a stalwart and extraordinarily powerful backwoodsman, 

 chopper, and blacksmith, " assisted," and made himself indispensable 

 by his general handiness and utility, his readiness to do anything 

 and everything, his good humor, and his entire novelty. Recurring 

 to my sketch again : the stream in the foreground flows a mile away 

 into the Au Sable (pronounced up here Sawble, the Au, too, being 

 generally dropped), and around the house, as far as one may see, is 



