horse, bear, and venison roasted, and sent forth a savoury
odour as well as a pleasant hissing noise. The
inhabitants of the block-house were self-taught brewers,
and the result of their recent labours now stood displayed
in a row of goodly casks of beer--the only
beverage with which the dwellers in these far-off regions
were wont to regale themselves.
The whole scene, as the cooks moved actively about
upon the lawn, and children romped round the fires,
and settlers came flocking through the forests, might