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Title: In Paths of Peril
A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia

Author: J. Macdonald Oxley

Release Date: September 17, 2010 [EBook #33753]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: "THE HEAVY ANIMAL TURNED TO FACE RAOUL." _p_. 22.]

IN PATHS OF PERIL

A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia

BY

J. MACDONALD OXLEY

AUTHOR OF
'DONALBLANE OF DARIEN,' 'A BOY OF THE BANKS,'
'NORMAN'S NUGGET,' ETC.

_WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS_

TORONTO

THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LIMITED

1903

CONTENTS

IN PATHS OF PERIL

CHAP.

I. FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE NEW
II. THE GREAT BEAR HUNT
III. SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE
IV. OFF TO THE WOODS
V. THE MOOSE HUNT
VI. IN THE NICK OF TIME
VII. AT CLOSE QUARTERS
VIII. A PERILOUS ENTERPRISE
IX. THE STOPPING OF THE SUPPLY SHIP
X. ADVENTURE IN BOSTON
XI. TRAITORS IN THE CAMP
XII. A GLORIOUS VICTORY

BEFRIENDED BY BRUIN

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE HEAVY ANIMAL TURNED TO FACE RAOUL." . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"THE PARTY SET FORTH."

"SUDDENLY, RAOUL RAISED HIMSELF UPON HIS KNEES."

"JOE LED THE WAY."

"RISING TO HIS FULL HEIGHT, JOE SWUNG THE PADDLE ABOVE HIS HEAD."

"SHE POINTED THE FIRST CANNON WITH HER OWN HANDS."

IN PATHS OF PERIL

CHAPTER I

FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE NEW

The defence of the city of La Rochelle by the Huguenots, when for more
than a year they defied the whole power of France under the leadership
of Cardinal Richelieu, must ever remain one of the most heroic and
soul-stirring chapters in history.

For the sake of their faith these noble people endured the pangs of
hunger, the perils of battle, and the blight of pestilence, until at
last, their fighting men being reduced to a mere handful, with broken
hearts they were compelled to surrender. It was a terrible time for
the weak and the young. Nearly one-half of the population of the city
died during the siege, and those who survived formed a gaunt,