As to sweet acorns, there will be bushels and bushels of them for the roasting, as good as chestnuts, to my taste; and butter-nuts, and hickory-nuts,--with many other good things." And here Louis stopped for want of breath to continue his catalogue of forest dainties.
"Yes; and there are bears, and wolves, and racoons, too, that will eat us for want of better food," interrupted Hector, slyly.

"Nay, Katty, do not shudder, as if you were already in the clutches of a big bear.
Neither bear nor wolf shall make mincemeat of thee, my girl, while Louis and thy brother are near, to wield an axe or a knife in thy defence." "Nor catamount spring upon thee, ma belle cousine," added Louis, gallantly, "while thy bold cousin Louis can scare him away." "Well, now that we know our resources, the next thing is to consider how we are to obtain them, my dears," said Catharine.

"For fishing, you know, we must have a hook and line, a rod, or a net.

Now, where are these to be met with ?" Louis nodded his head sagaciously.

"The line I think I can provide; the hook is more difficult, but I do not despair even of that.