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such delinquents, we set fire to the cabin, gave the
skins and implements to the young Indian warrior,
and proceeded, well pleased, toward the settle-
ment.”

Mr Audubon concludes his narrative by saying
that, during upwards of twenty-five years’ wander-
ings through all parts of the country, this was the
only time his life was endangered from his fellow-
creatures. He could only account for this occur-
rence by supposing that the inhabitants of the
cabin were not Americans.

On another occasion our naturalist encountered
an adventure of by no means an agreeable kind,
though he seems to have made light of it, and even
to have turned it to good account. ‘Travelling one
day, on the shores of Upper Canada, with a friend,
he was robbed of his purse, and left at a distance of
1500 miles from home with just seven and a-half
dollars between them. After travelling two days,
and meeting with various adventures, the two com-
panions reached Meadville, by which time their
cash was reduced to one hundred and fifty cents.
No time was to be lost. They accordingly put their
baggage and themselves under the roof of a tavern-
keeper at the sign of the ‘‘ Traveller’s Rest,” and
soon after took a walk to survey the little village

flict adequate punishment on evil-doers. This is generally a
severe castigation of the guilty, and the destruction of his cabin.