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Charley s Wonderful Journeys. 



object, I have encountered the fatigues of a 

 long, circuitous and expensive journey, with 

 a zeal which has increased with increasing 

 difficulties; and sorry I am to say that the 

 whole number of subscribers which I have 

 obtained amounts only to forty-one." 



Wilson remained at home only a few days 

 when he again set off on a journey through 

 the South, visiting every town of importance 

 as far as Savannah in the State of Georgia, 

 during which journey he suffered consider- 

 ably from the inclemency of the weather, 



and from the fatigue of the journey, but he 

 was gratified by it, having, as we find from 

 a letter to Mr. Bartram, written on the eve 

 of his departure from Savannah, gained his 

 point in procuring two hundred and fifty 

 subscibers in all for his Ornithology, and a 

 great mass of information respecting the 

 birds that winter in the Southern States, and 

 some that never visit the Middle States; 

 "information," he adds, "which I have 

 derived personally, and can, therefore, the 

 more certainly depend upon it." 



CHARLEY'S AVONDERFUL JOURNEYS, 



JOURNEY X. 



" T T ere he comes," said one of the little 

 XJ. Bears. " Now keep quiet, and 

 he'll walk right into the trap." 



And sure enough poor Charley walked 

 right into it. There was nothing unusual 

 looking with the grass, but as soon as 

 Charley got his foot into it he was tripped 

 up and fell forward on his hands. The 

 next moment the two little Bears pounced 

 on him from behind and caught him one 

 l)y each arm. 



" See if he has any guns or knives," said 

 one of them excitedly, as they raised 

 Charley to a standing posture. 



" I haven't any guns or knives," said 

 Charley. " I wouldn't kill anybody, and I 

 don't want to hurt you, but I wish you 

 would let me go, please." 



The Bears looked at each other, delighted 

 at hearing that Charley could talk. " Can 

 you dance, too?" asked one of them. 



"Yes," said Charley, "I went to a Bear 

 party once, but, please don't hold my arms 

 so tight, you hurt me." 



" But won't you run away if we let go ? " 

 asked one of the Bears. 



"I'll tell you," said the other, "let's 

 make a rope, and tie him round the waist, 

 and then he can't run away." 



So one of the Bears held Charley, while 

 the other made a grass rope, and tied it 

 round his waist. " Now let us see you 

 dance," said he. 



"If you dance nicely," said the other, 

 " you shall have a whole can of black- 

 berries by and by." 



So Charley began to dance, and the 

 Bears held their sides and laughed till the 

 tears ran down. 



Then one of them asked him to show 

 how he ran on all fours, and Charley did 

 his best, he didn't think he did it very well, 

 but the Bears laughed and shouted and 

 fairly rolled over and over with delight. 



"Oh, isn't this fun," said one, "we'll 

 take him all through the woods and exhibit 

 him everywhere, and make lots of money; 

 let's take him home first and show him to 

 the old folks." 



"Oh, let him ride on me," said the other, 

 "we'll go home with Charley riding on my 

 back, and won't the old folks be astonished 

 when they see us! " 



When they got to the cave, the old dad 

 Bear was lazily stretched on a rock sunning 

 himself, and you may imagine his surprise 

 when he saw his two cubs coming home 

 with Charley riding one of them. 



