Butler, William Francis, 1838-1910 / 2008-11-15 00:00:00
EBOOK THE GREAT LONE LAND ***
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THE GREAT LONE LAND: A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN THE
NORT-WEST OF AMERICA.
BY COLONEL W. F. BUTLER, C.B., F.R.G.S.
AUTHOR OF "HISTORICAL EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT," ETC.
"A full fed river winding slow,
By herds-upon an endless plain."
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
"And some one pacing there alone
Who paced for ever in a glimmering land,
Lit with a low, large moon."
TENNYSON.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND ROUTE MAP. [Not included in this ebook.]
LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY Limited
St. Dunstan's House FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET,
First Published 1872 (All rights reserved)
PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIFINGTON, LD.,
ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, CLERKEMWELL ROAD, E.C.
PREFACE.
At York Factory on Hudson Bay there lived, not very long ago, a man who
had stored away in his mind one fixed resolution it was to write a book.
"When I put down," he used to say, "all that I have seen, and all that I
havn't seen, I will be able to write a good book."
It is probable that had this man carried his intention into effect the
negative portion of his vision would have been more successfal than the
positive.
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