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Forests of Maine

by Abbott Jacob

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PREFACE.The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of MARCO PAUL'S ADVENTURES IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to communicate, in connexion with them, as extensive and varied information as possible, in respect to the geography, the scenery, the customs and the institutions of this country, as they present themselves to the observation of the little traveller, who makes his excursions under the guidance of an intelligent and well-informed companion, qualified to assist him in the acquisition of knowledge and in the formation of character. The author will endeavor to enliven his narrative, and to infuse into it elements of a salutary moral influence, by means of personal incidents befalling the actors in the story. These incidents are, of course, imaginary--but the reader may rely upon the strict and exact truth and fidelity of all the descriptions of places, institutions and scenes, which are brought before his mind in the progress of the narrative. Thus, though the author hopes that the readers, who may honor these volumes with their perusal, will be amused and interested by them, his design throughout will be to instruct rather than to entertain.

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...indeed, but still perceptibly, so that he began to have some hope that he mightsucceed in reaching land. Before he had made much progress, however, he suddenly saw before him, at a short distance, a little rocky island, with some grass and a fewtrees on the lower end of it. The island was very small, being not muchlonger than Marco's raft. It lay almost directly in his course--sonearly, that he perceived that by working a little more with his pole, he thought he could bring himself into such a position as to be thrownby the current directly upon it. This he did. He paddled, with all his strength, to get into a line withthe upper end of the island, the current, all the time, bearing him downdirectly towards it. In a few minutes, he had the satisfaction of seeingthat he was going directly upon it. "All right, " said he to himself; "now I'm safe. "As he said these words, the end of the raft struck the rock, and heleaped off upon it. The raft swung round, and was going away, but...