Voyage of the Paper Canoe a Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles From Quebec to
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One old lady laid aside her pipe and snuff- paddle (snuff-rubbing is a time-honored insti- tution in the south), and roughly grasping the bow of the craft, lifted it high in the air, then, glancing at the fine model, she lowered it slowly to the ground, exclaiming, " I reckon I wouldn't risk my life acrossing a creek in her. " These people told me that the yacht Julia had stopped there to make inquiries for me, and had departed for Newbern. It was more than a mile from the landing to Ocracoke I...nlet, and a mile and three quarters across it to the beach. A straight course from the landing to the village of Portsmouth, on the lower side of the inlet, was a distance of five miles, and not one of the hardy watermen, who thumped the sides of my boat with their hard fists to ascertain its strength, believed that I could cross the sound to the other village with- 13 194 VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE. out rolling over. One kind-hearted oysterman offered to carry myself and boat to Portsmouth; but as the day was calm, I rowed away on the five-mile stretch amid doleful prognostications, such as: "That feller will make a coffin for his- self out of that yere gimcrack of an egg-shell.
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