"Depends which way you're going. Right side if you are going out, left side if you're coming in."
"You say it's four miles out?"
"You pass the three mile post and then you go a little further."
"Are there any birds in it?"
"Birds? There's owls in it. There's coons in it."
"Do you know a young canebrake when you see one?"
"I know an old hempbrake when I see one."
Webster enjoyed his new authority in holding up his negro and questioning him about a forest. And it seemed to him that the moment had come when it was right to use money if you had it, horns or no horns. He pulled out a dime. The negro, too surprised to speak, came across and received it. He declined to express thanks but felt disposed to show that he had earned the money by repeating a piece of information:
"It's four miles out."
"Is there much of it?"