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 MARCO PAUL'S
 ADVENTURES
 IN PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.


 FORESTS OF MAINE.


 BY THE AUTHOR OF

 ROLLO, JONAS, AND LUCY BOOKS.


 BOSTON:
 T. H. CARTER & COMPANY,
 118 1/2 WASHINGTON STREET.

 1843.




 Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1843,

 BY T. H. CARTER,

 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

 STEREOTYPED BY
 GEORGE A. CURTIS,
 N. ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, BOSTON.




 [Illustration: FROM THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE.]




 CONTENTS


 CHAPTER

 I.            THE MOUTH OF THE KENNEBEC.                      11
 II.           THE LOST BUCKET.                                21
 III.          A RAFT.                                         32
 IV.           THE DESERT ISLAND.                              43
 V.            THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.                       54
 VI.           EBONY AND PINE.                                 66
 VII.          THE BEAR IN THE MILL.                           77
 VIII.         THE BIVOUACK.                                   88
 IX.           THE ENCAMPMENT.                                 98
 X.            LOST IN THE WOODS.                             110
 XI.           THE SHINGLE WEAVER'S.                          120
 XII.          A VOYAGE ON THE POND.                          130


 [Illustration: _"Joe and two others were despatched to row it
 ashore."_--See p. 