In the Catskills: Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs

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John Burroughs. In the Catskills: Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs

In the Catskills: Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs

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ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

IN THE CATSKILLS

I

THE SNOW-WALKERS

II

A WHITE DAY AND A RED FOX

III

PHASES OF FARM LIFE

IV

IN THE HEMLOCKS

V

BIRDS'-NESTS

VI

THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS

VII

SPECKLED TROUT

I

II

VIII

A BED OF BOUGHS

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John Burroughs

Published by Good Press, 2019

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This is thoroughly a winter sound—this voice of the hound upon the mountain—and one that is music to many ears. The long trumpet-like bay, heard for a mile or more—now faintly back in the deep recesses of the mountain—now distinct, but still faint, as the hound comes over some prominent point and the wind favors—anon entirely lost in the gully—then breaking out again much nearer, and growing more and more pronounced as the dog approaches, till, when he comes around the brow of the mountain, directly above you, the barking is loud and sharp. On he goes along the northern spur, his voice rising and sinking as the wind and the lay of the ground modify it, till lost to hearing.

The fox usually keeps half a mile ahead, regulating his speed by that of the hound, occasionally pausing a moment to divert himself with a mouse, or to contemplate the landscape, or to listen for his pursuer. If the hound press him too closely, he leads off from mountain to mountain, and so generally escapes the hunter; but if the pursuit be slow, he plays about some ridge or peak, and falls a prey, though not an easy one, to the experienced sportsman.

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