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Tonight, we'll read another excerpt from Woodcraft published by George Washington Sears under the pen name Nesmuck.

Sears was a writer and adventurer who penned essays on hunting, fishing,

and camping for popular journals and magazines.

This chapter is called A Ten Days Trip in the Wilderness,

Going it Alone.

At 40 years old, Sears served in the Civil War.

Five years later, he traveled up the Amazon River in Brazil.

At the age of 59, a little more than 5 feet tall tall weighing less than 105 pounds and weak with tuberculosis,

Sears decided to see if the Adirondack Lakes and forests could improve his health.

Only then is when his experiences and plentiful writings

as an old Adirondack woodsman began.

Let's get cozy.

Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

relax your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now take a few deep breaths. About the only inducements I can think of for making a ten days journey through a wilderness, solitary and alone,

were a liking for adventure, intense love of nature

in her wildest dress,

and a strange fondness for being in deep forests by myself.

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