The Backwoodsmen

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts. The Backwoodsmen

The Backwoodsmen

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On Big Lonely

From Buck to Bear and Back

In the Deep of the Snow

The Gentling of Red McWha

Melindy and the Lynxes

Mrs. Gammit’s Pig

The Blackwater Pot

The Iron Edge of Winter

The Grip in Deep Hole

The Nest of the Mallard

Mrs. Gammit and the Porcupines

The Battle in the Mist

Melindy and the Spring Bear

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Published by Good Press, 2019

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At this point the long-dormant instinct of the hunter began to awake in Sam Coxen. Everything that he had ever heard about stalking big game flashed into his mind, and he wanted to apply it all at once. He noted the direction of the wind, and was delighted to find that it came to his nostrils straight from the cabbage patch.

He went stealthily, lifting and setting down his heavy-booted feet with a softness of which he had never guessed himself capable. He began to forget his indignation and think only of the prospect of bagging the game––so easily do the primeval instincts spring to life in a man’s brain. Presently, when within about a hundred yards of the place where he hoped to get a fair shot, Coxen redoubled his caution. He went crouching, keeping behind the densest cover. Then, growing still more crafty, he got down and began to advance on all fours.

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