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SO much disgust on the old apple-jack; and in fact, after 

 a moderate horn, I completed my ablutions, and found 

 myself perfectly fresh and ready for the field. Breakfast 

 was soon despatched, and on this occasion as soon as we 

 had got through the broiled ham and eggs, the wagon 

 made its appearance at the door. 



"What's this, Harry?" I exclaimed; "where are we 

 bound for, now?" 



"Why, Master Frank," he answered, "to tell you the 

 plain truth, while you were sleeping ofi the effects of the 

 last night's regent's punch, I was on foot inquiring into 

 the state of matters and things ; and since we have pretty 

 well exhausted our home beats, and I have heard that 

 some ground, about ten miles distant, is in prime order, 

 I have determined to take a try there; but we must look 

 pretty lively, for it is seven now, and we have got a drive 

 of ten stiff miles before us. Now, old Grampus, are you 

 ready ?" 



"Aye, aye!" responded Tom, and mounted up, a work 

 of no small toil for him, into the back seat of the wagon, 

 where I soon took my seat beside him, with the two well- 

 broke setters crouching at our feet, and the three guns 

 strapped neatly to the side rails of the wagons. Harry 

 next mounted the box. Tim touched his hat and jumped 

 up to his side, and off we rattled at a merry trot, wheel- 

 ing around the rival tavern which stood in close pro- 

 pinquity to Tom's; then turning short again to the left 

 hand, along a broken stony road, with several high and 

 long hills, and very awkward bridges in the valleys, to the 

 north-westward of the village. 



Five miles brought us into a pretty little village lying 

 at the base of another ridge of what might almost be 

 denominated mountains, save that they were cultivated to 

 tJie very top. As we paused on the brow of this, another 

 glorious valley spread out to our view, with the broad 

 sluggish waters of the Wallkill winding away, with hardly 

 any visible motion, toward the northeast, through a vast 

 tract of meadow land covered with high rank grass, dotted 

 with clumps of willows and alder brakes, and interspersed 

 with large, deep swamps, thick-set with high grown tim- 

 ber; while far beyond these, to the west, lay the tall 

 variegated chain of the Shawahgunk mountains. 



Eattling briskly down the hill, we passed another thriv- 



