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The Blackwater chronicle

a narrative of an expedition into the land of Canaan, in Randolph county, Virginia, a country flowing with wild animals, such as panthers, bears, wolves, elk, deer, otter, badger, &c., &c., with innumerable trout--by five adventurous gentlemen, without any aid of government, and solely by their own resources, in the summer of 1851
Kennedy, Philip Pendleton (1808-1864)
  
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CONTENTS.

 I. 
THE BLACKWATER CHRONICLE.
 II. 
CHAPTER II.
 III. 
CHAPTER III.
 IV. 
CHAPTER IV.
 V. 
CHAPTER V.
 VI. 
CHAPTER VI.
 VII. 
CHAPTER VII.
 VIII. 
CHAPTER VIII.
 IX. 
CHAPTER IX.
 X. 
CHAPTER X.
 XI. 
CHAPTER XI.
 XII. 
CHAPTER XII.
 XIII. 
CHAPTER XIII.
 XIV. 
CHAPTER XIV.

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CHAPTER I. 
Introductory  5 
CHAPTER II. 
Getting under Way  15 
CHAPTER III. 
In which the Expedition dances a Hornpipe on the Top of a
Mountain 		 24 
CHAPTER IV. 
The Cockneys explained by the Prior of St. Philips, from the
Top of the Allegany 		 35 
CHAPTER V. 
Winston and its Castellan—Mr. Edward Towers  51 
CHAPTER VI. 
The Blackwater Invasion determined upon  63 
CHAPTER VII. 
The Dale on the Potomac—and a Somewhat Particular Description
on the Array 		 83 
CHAPTER VIII. 
The March into the Canaan  102 
CHAPTER IX. 
The Lodge in the Wilderness  120 
CHAPTER X. 
The Blackwater Found—A Great Number of Trout taken—
Mr. Butcut fries some Fish 		 130 
CHAPTER XI. 
The Blackwater Villa  145 
CHAPTER XII. 
The Falls of the Blackwater  159 
CHAPTER XIII. 
How we got out of the Canaan—and in Spite of our Teeth  181 
CHAPTER XIV. 
The Return to Winston—"Bootless Home and Weather-beaten
Back." 		 209 
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