Word: packs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Professor Shaler, and he intends to cover, during a session of nine weeks, about five thousand square miles of country. The classes will travel from the first camp at Cumberland Gap, through the region of the Upper Cumberland; small sections will branch off from the main line, with pack-mules, shelter-tents, etc., and explore the country in various directions; each section will be accompanied by an instructor who will deliver field lectures on the different beds and specimens. The number of students is limited to twenty-five, and none but men of culture and standing will be allowed...
...meeting. The ride along the bank of the St. Lawrence was very delightful, and we reached the Manor-house in time to form in the line of carriages starting for the woods, and to see the participants in the sport, preceded by the grooms and outriders with a pack of forty hounds in the distance. Over a dusty road to a beautiful valley our route lay, and soon we were pleasantly situated on the brow of a hill commanding a view for miles about. Fully ten minutes elapsed, after the dogs were led into the woods, before the sign...
Then, as the pack around him close...
...cards a neat pack, which one with the knack...