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would have been a delicacy in comparison ; the mar- 

 row was the only part good for any thing. My host and 

 AYoodsworth cut the skin lengthwise, in two halves, 

 and each took a half on theh' horses. We then turned 

 to the north-east, and rode, without entering a house, 

 to Memphis, crossed the Mississippi, and rode home by 

 the left bank. So at last, I had been at a buffalo hunt ! 

 and had had hard fagging, little pleasure, and no 

 advantage. Whenever I looked at the skin, I thought 

 of little Magnus, the distiller. 



I set to work on the canes again, and by the middle 

 of October had cut about 30,000, shipped them on 

 board the steamer " Buckeye," and returned to Cin- 

 cinnati ; but this supply overstocked the market there, 

 so I took them to Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, selling 

 some at the small towns on the Ohio on my way. I 

 drove a good trade with them at Pittsburg, and stayed 

 no longer than was necessary, on account of the coal- 

 dust and smoke. Like Cincinnati, the place was 

 crowded with Germans out of work. On my return 

 to Cincinnati, I lived for some time at my ease. 



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