. I giovani Nimrod in Nord America : un libro per i ragazzi . invadono le città fluviali sulla loro strada giù nel thespring, lo rendono molto vivace per i residenti, e a volte si adora affrontare i danni alla proprietà per pura vagezza. Sono potenti in fisico, la maggior parte di loro in piedi sei piedi o più in calze di theirstings, e uno dei loro vestiti favoriti è una camicia di flanella rossa fuori e infilata nei pantaloni alla vita. Così attrezzate, 112 I GIOVANI NIMKODS. Sono abbastanza pittoreschi, e hanno la reputazione di essere come generousas sono litigosi, e coraggiosi come ar
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. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . invade the river towns on their way down in thespring, they make it very lively for the residents, and sometimes do agreat deal of damage to property out of pure wantonness. They arepowerful in physique, the most of them standing six feet or over in theirstockings, and one of their favorite garments is a red flannel shirt wornoutside, and tucked into the trousers at the waist. Thus equipped, they 112 THE YOUNG NIMKODS. are quite picturesque, and they have the reputation of being as generousas they are quarrelsome, and as brave as they are powerful. They are aclass of men peculiar to Maine and other lumber-producing States, andwill probably disappear with the extinction of that business, just as thefamous boatmen of the Mississippi disappeared after the introduction ofsteamboats. The drivers are very expert at handling the logs while the drive isin progress, and will balance themselves on them with the skill of thechampion rider in a circus. They will jump from one log to another with. JHUVKKS ON THK KIVF.l;. the agility of a cat, and preserve their footing with ease, while a greenhand would run a strong chance of going into the water. They floatalong with the logs, and where the river is smooth they follow in boats, which they haul to the shore at meal-times, or when night comes on them.Every drive is accompanied by a cooking-boat, equipped with stove, plates, and other necessary articles of camp life. When meal-time arrives, thecook sets his table on shore and blows his horn, and the men come flock-ing in from the drive to appease their ravenous appetites. At night the A JAM ON THE EIVER. 113 softest spot on the ground is selected for a bed, and no matter what theweather may be, there is no other sleeping-place offered. Then, too, themost careful and expert of the drivers get an occasional plunge in the icywater of the rivers, and it is no wonder that they are not famous for longlives. They are very vigorous an
