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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Boy Hunters, by Captain Mayne Reid This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Boy Hunters Author: Captain Mayne Reid Illustrator: Unknown Release Date: April 27, 2007 [EBook #21236] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOY HUNTERS *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England The Boy Hunters Adventures in Search of a White Buffalo By Captain Mayne Reid ________________________________________________________________________ This book was written after Mayne Reid discovered that writing books in which not too many people died, and there was not too much violence, was better business than writing as he did at first. There are three boys living with their father, now just a little disabled, but an avid collector of natural-history specimens. The father says he would give almost anything for the hide of a white buffalo, and that such a beast exists cannot be disputed. The boys volunteer to get up an expedition to bring back the much-desired hide, and off they go. This book is the story of their quest. But it is also an interesting exposition of the animals and plants that inhabit the great prairies of America. The only real fault is that we are inevitably given the Latin name of the plant or animal. I don't know why I should object to this, but I do. I don't think it sits well within speech. Still, the story is really interesting, and I greatly enjoyed transcribing it. I am sure I will read it many more times before my days are numbered, if I can. NH ________________________________________________________________________ THE BOY HUNTERS ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF A WHITE BUFFALO BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID CHAPTER ONE. THE HOME OF THE HUNTER-NATURALIST. Go with me to the great river Mississippi. It is the longest river in the world. A line that would measure it would just reach to the centre of the earth,--in other words, it is four thousand miles in length. Go with me to this majestic river. I do not wish you to travel to its source; only as far up as Point Coupee, about three hundred miles from its mouth. There we shall stop for a while--a very short
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