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Vol. I. 



BOSTON, SEPTEMBER, 1885. 



No. 



A VACATION TRIP. 



Or, Two Young Naturalists in New 

 Hampshire. 



By Harry Roland. 



CHAPTER I. 



"Well, George, when do you ex- 

 pect to start ?" inquired Edward. 



'■' I think we shall be ready to go 

 to-morrow," replied George. 



The above dialogue took place be- 

 tween Edward Gray and George Lor- 

 ing, who where intimate friends living- 

 near each other in the little town of 

 C , Mass. 



They were intending to drive up to 

 New Hampshire, and spend their 

 summer vacation there. George's 

 parents kept a horse and carriage, 

 and had promised to let the boys take 

 it, to drive up with. They could 

 have gone in the cars, in a few hours, 

 but they preferred to drive up in a 

 carriage and take two days for it, as 

 they thought they would enjoy the 

 ride, and have a chance to study the 

 birds, and perhaps do some collecting 

 on the. route. 



George had planned it entirely, and 

 invited his friend to accompany him, 

 an oft'er that was eagerly accepted. 



•' What do you intend to take with 

 von?" asked Edward. 



'•Here is a list of things that I have 

 written down ; you can look it over 

 and see if there is anything wanting. 

 We will have to carry up everything 



we want to use, but I do not wish to 

 take anything we can do without." 



Then they discussed the-question of 

 provisions. They expected to catch 

 some fish, and perhaps kill some 

 game, so did not carry a great deal 

 with them ; a water-pail full of coru 

 meal (it was good for corn cake, 

 hasty pudding, and for the fish) ; also 

 some rice, crackers, coffee, sugar, 

 salt and pepper, and a lunch for the 

 first day. The second days' lunch 

 they expected to get put up at a. hotel, 

 where they stopped overnight. For 

 the rest there was the shot-gun, a 

 pound of Laflin & Rand's "Orange 

 Lightning" powdei-, four or five pounds 

 of shot, different sizes (including 

 "dust"). This was all packed away 

 in a small box, with the brass car- 

 tridges, fish hooks and lines, primers, 

 wads, loading tools etc. It was not 

 necessary to take any dishes or cook- 

 ing utensils, as there were some in 

 in their house, also beds and furni- 

 ture. George's folks 6wned a small 

 cottage about a mile from the town of 



S , which the boys had chosen for 



their destination. 



" I wonder if it will be pleasant to- 

 morrow," snid Edward, resuming the 

 conversation. 



"I hope so," replied George. Il 

 will not be so pleasant to travel in a 

 rain-storm." 



The boys finally succeeded in get- 

 ting all their packing done, and retired 

 for the night, though thev did not 



