The adventures of James Capen Adams by Theodore Henry Hittell

Author:Theodore Henry Hittell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and company

But, however grand the valley looked from above, it was not until the next day, when we descended into it and looked upward, that we obtained the grandest views; just as, at Niagara, the most aweinspiring sight is from the foot of the falls, looking up at the waters, pouring, as it were, out of heaven. There is a fall here, too, thousands instead of hundreds of feet in height; but it was not the fall, so much as the scenery below and around, that ravished my eyes, and produced impressions upon my mind that are ineffaceable. Who could ever forget those stupendous cliffs, with their fit associates, the tapering evergreens? or the greenswards, and oak and cotton-wood groves of the valley, with such surroundings ? — and Flora adorns the carpet underneath, as brightly as the rainbows paint the spray above. We spent the entire day visiting every interesting point, and searching out the varied beauties of this inexhaustible valley.

The next morning, we moved about ten miles above the falls, and pitched our camp in a grassy glen, where for several days we hunted with great success, slaying deer, antelopes, and bears. In this «camp, the greyhound unexpectedly presented me with a litter of puppies, one of which grew up to be Rambler, the companion of Ben, and, as such companion, a sharer in my affection for that noble animal.

My next adventure, and the most fortunate of all my career, was the capture of Ben Franklin, the flower of his race, my firmest friend, the boon companion of my after-years. Upon reviewing the adventure now, it seems that an inexplicable influence was at work within me, foreshadowing the singular good-fortune in store, and attracting me, with an irresistible impulse, to brave the dangers and fatigues of beseiging, day after day, and night after night, the stronghold of his ferocious dam, slaying her in the very portals of her den, and seizing her offspring by fighting my way over her body.

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