Author: Theodore R. Davis

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780267777334

Excerpt from The Buffalo Range He has now come again, and a more welcome visitor it would be hard to name. There are three great travelers whom the Editor of this Magazine knows well, and whom at various times he has specially introduced to its read ers. The scenes of their explorations lie far apart, all of them being in regions heretofore almost unknown. No three men can be found differing more widely in personal appearance. Mr. Charles F. Hall, to whom it has been reserved by his own individual labor to clear up the mystery of the fate of Sir J ohn Frank lin and his associates - a task which had been vainly attempted by expeditions fitted out by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States - born, we think, certainly reared, in the Great West - is a man of large frame, with light hair, blue eyes, and flowing beard, a very Vi king in aspect; rather slow of speech - a man whom upon first introduction one would be apt to set down as the most ditfident person he ever met. Mr. John Ross Baownn, now Ameri can Minister to China, born in Ireland, but. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.