CHAPTER VII.

WOODLAND SPORTS--CANE-BRAKES--MY EXAMINATION BY THE SCHOOL COMMISSION.

Turkey-shooting with Dogs--Forest Travel--Scarcity of Provisions--Overcup Oak--Buck-hunting--Buffalo-hunting--Return to the Haunts of Men--Bear-hunting with dogs--The Falling Tree--“Shocking bad Dreams”--Ladies in the Forest--Unemployed Hands in Cincinnati--Card-playing in the Cane-brake--German Settlers down South--The Great School Examination--Speculation in Canes.....182-209