A NOTE ON FOE'S JULIUS BOBMAN

AulIov|s) H. AvIin Tuvnev

Souvce Sludies in EngIisI, No. 10 |JuI 8, 1930), pp. 147-151
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A NOTE ON FOE'S JULIUS BOBMAN
B H. AvIin Tuvnev
Move lIan one
IiogvapIev
oJ Foe Ias
suggesled
lIal Foe
oved
sonelIing
lo
WasIinglon Ivving. WoodIevv,
Jov
inslance,
slales lIal sone oJ lIe delaiIs in AvlIuv Oovdon
Fn
veve
suggesled I Ivving's Aslovia,1
and a siniIav
oIsevvalion is nade
I Hevve
AIIen.2 Il is cevlain lIal
Foe Inev sone oJ
Ivving's vvilings:
Jov
aIlIougI
Ie vvole
lo N. C. BvooIs in 1838 lIal Ie vas nol convevsanl vilI
Ivving's vvilings
and lIal Ie Iad vead
nolIing
oJ Iis
since
... a
Io,
save Iis
Ovanada/'
Ie Iad in
veaIil puI
IisIed a
IenglI
veviev oJ
Ivving's
Aslovia in lIe SoulIevn
Lilevav Messengev
in 1837. Il is
pIain, loo,
lIal Ie Iad
vead
Ivving's
Advenluves
oJ Caplain
BonneviIIe al sone
line IeJove
1840,
since in
Januav
oJ lIal
eav appeaved
lIe iniliaI inslaInenl oJ Iis JouvnaI
oJ
JuIius
Bodnan,
lo
Ie JoIIoved
I
Jive olIev inslaInenls in as
nan nonlIs,
in sevevaI
cIaplevs
oJ vIicI Ie Ias
cIeavI
dvavn on
TIe Advenluves
oJ Caplain
BonneviIIe
|1837)
nol
onI
Jov
lIe delaiIs oJ Iis
slov,
Iul aIso al vavious
poinls
Jov lIe
vev Ianguage
lIal Ie uses. I
give
IeIov lIe
passages
in
vIicI Ie lvacIs
Ivving
nosl
cIoseI, selling
dovn in
pavaI
IeI coIunns lIe nallev invoIved. I Iave
pul
in ilaIics lIe
passages
lIal ave idenlicaI ov
vivluaII
idenlicaI in
pIvase.
JuIius Bodnan3
TIe Ieavevs veve
vepaiving
a
povlion
oJ lIeiv
dan,
and
evev
slep
oJ lIeiv
pvogvess
vas dis
linclI
seen. One
I
one lIe
avcIilecls veve
pevceived
lo
ap
pvoacI
lIe
edge
oJ lIe
svanp,
eacI vilI a snaII IvancI in Iis
BonneviIIe's Advenluves4
In a IillIe
vIiIe,
lIvee olIevs
appeaved
al lIe Iead oJ lIe
dan,
Ivinging
slicIs and IusIes. WilI
lIese
lIe pvoceeded diveclI
lo
lIe
Iavviev,
vIicI
Caplain
Bon
neviIIe
pevceived
vas in need oJ
vepaiv. Having deposiled
lIeiv
oodIevv,
O. E.
Edgav
AIIan
Foe, Boslon, 1909, I, pp. 191,
236.
2
AIIen, Hevve IsvaJeI,
Nev
YovI, 1927, II, pp. 419,
463.
Woe's
WovIs,
ed. Janes A.
Havvison,
Nev
YovI, 1902, III, pp.
49-50.
4Ivving, WasIinglon
TIe Advenluves
oJ Caplain BonneviIIe,
KnicIevIocIev
edilion,
Nev
YovI, 1895, I, pp.
286-291.
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148 Sludies in
EngIisI
JuIius Bodnan
noulI. WilI lIis Ie
pvoceeded
lo lIe
dan,
and
pIaced
il cave
JuII
and
IongiludinaII,
on lIe
pavl
vIicI Iad
given va.
Hav
ing
done
lIis,
Ie dived innedi
aleI,
and in a Jev seconds ve
appeaved
aIove lIe
suvJace
vilI
a
quanlil
oJ sliJJ
nud,
vIicI Ie
Jivsl
squeezed
so as lo dvain il
oJ ils noisluve in a
gveal degvee,
and lIen
appIied
vilI Iis Jeel
and laiI
|using
lIe Iallev as a
lvoveI)
lo lIe IvancI vIicI Ie
Iad
jusl
Iaid
upon
lIe IveacI.
He lIen nade oJJ
anong
lIe
lvees,
and vas
quicII
succeeded
I
anolIev oJ lIe
connunil,
vIo venl
lIvougI pveciseI
lIe
sane
opevalion.
. . .
TIis nallev
acconpIisIed,
lIe
vIoIe
connunil
seened lo lIinI
a
IoIida
vas
desevved, and,
ceasing
vovI al
once,
Iegan
lo
cIase eacI olIev aIoul in lIe
valev, diving,
and
sIapping
lIe
suvJace vilI lIeiv laiIs.
WIen al vovI sone sal
upon
lIe Iind
Iegs,
in lIe
posluve
so
connon vilI
squivveIs,
and
gnaved
al lIe
vood,
lIeiv
Jove
Jeel vesling upon
lIe
edge
oJ lIe
cul,
and lIeiv Ieads lIvusl Jav
inlo lIe
apevluve.
. . .
Caplain BonneviIIe,5
il viII Ie ve
nenIeved,
discvedils lIe
aIIeged
BonneviLIe's Advenluves
Ioads
upon
lIe IvoIen
pavl, lIe
dived inlo lIe
valev,
and
sIovlI
veappeaved
al lIe
suvJace.
EacI
nov
IvougIl
a
quanlil oJ nud,
vilI vIicI Ie vouId
pIaslev
lIe
slicIs and IusIes
jusl deposiled.
TIis Iind oJ
nasonv
conlinued
Jov sone
line, vepealed suppIies
oJ vood and nud
Ieing IvougIl,
and lvealed in lIe sane nan
nev. . . .
TIis
done,
lIe induslvious Ieav
evs
induIged
in a
IillIe
vecvealion,
cIasing
eacI olIev aIoul lIe
pond, dodging
and
vIisIing
aIoul
-on lIe
suvJace,
ov
diving
lo lIe
Iollon:
and in lIeiv
JvoIic,
oJlen
sIapping
lIeiv laiIs on lIe valev
vilI a Ioud
cIacIing
sound.
. . .
He lIen cIinIed lIe IanI cIose
lo vIeve lIe
caplain
vas con
ceaIed, and, veaving
IinseIJ on
Iis Iind
quavlevs,
in a
silling po
silion, pul
Iis
Jove pavs againsl
a
oung pine lvee,
and
Iegan
lo
cul lIe IavI vilI Iis leelI.
. . .
Caplain BonnevUIe, Iovevev,
discvedils,
on lIe
vIoIe,
lIe aI
5B nenlioning'
lIe nane oJ
Caplain
BonneviIIe al lIe
Ieginning
oJ lIis
passage,
vIicI Jinds a cIosev
pavaIIeI
in BonneviIIe's Adven
luves lIan
an
oJ lIe
olIevs,
Foe
possiII
inlended lo
pvolecl
IinseIJ
againsl
lIe
cIavge
oJ
pIagiavisn. Hovevev,
Ie does nol
speciJicaII
nenlion lIe vovI
I Ivving.
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A Nole on Foe's JuIius Bodnan 149
JuIius Bodnan
sagacil oJ
lIe aninaI in lIis
vespecl,
and lIinIs il Ias no
Jav
lIev ain lIan lo
gel
lIe lvee
dovn,
vilIoul
an
suIlIe caIcuIa
lion in
vespecl
lo ils node oJ de
scenl. TIis
allviIule,
Ie
lIinIs,
Ias Ieen ascviIed lo il
Jvon
lIe
civcunslance lIal lvees in
gen
evaI,
vIicI
gvov
neav lIe
navgin
oJ
valev,
eilIev Iean
IodiI
lo
vavds lIe
slvean,
ov slvelcI lIeiv
nosl
pondevous
IinIs in lIal di
veclion,
in seavcI
oJ
lIe
IigIlJ
space
and
aiv,
vIicI ave lIeve
usuaII Jound.
TIe
Ieavev,
Ie
sas, allacIs, oJ couvse,
lIose
lvees vIicI ave neavesl al
Iand,
and on lIe IanIs
oJ
lIe slvean
ov
pond,
and
lIese,
vIen cul
lIvougI, naluvaII pvepondevale
lovavds lIe valev.
TIe
pvincipaI
Jood oJ lIe Ieavevs
is
IavI,
and oJ lIis
lIe pul I
veguIavI
a
Iavge
slove
Jov
vin
lev
pvovision, seIecling
lIe
pvop
ev Iind vilI cave and deIiIeva
lion. A vIoIe
lviIe, consisling
sonelines oJ lvo ov lIvee Iun
dved,
viII sel oul
logelIev upon
a
Jovaging expedilion,
and
pass
lIvougI gvoves
oJ lvees aII
ap
pavenlI siniIav,
unliI a
pavlic
uIav one suils lIeiv
Janc.
TIis
lIe
cul
dovn, and, IveaIing
oJJ
ils nosl lendev
IvancIes,
divide
lIen inlo sIovl
sIips
oJ
equaI
IenglI
and divesl lIese
sIips
oJ
lIeiv
IavI,
vIicI
lIe cavv
lo
lIe neavesl slvean
Ieading
lo
BonneviIIe's Advenluves
Ieged sagacil oJ
lIe Ieavev in
lIis
pavlicuIav,
and lIinIs lIe
aninaI Ias no olIev ain lIan lo
gel
lIe lvee
dovn,
vilIoul
an
oJ
lIe suIlIe caIcuIalion as lo ils
node ov diveclion oJ
JaIIing.
TIis
allviIule,
Ie
lIinIs,
Ias
Ieen ascviIed lo lIen
Jvon
lIe
civcunslances,
lIal nosl lvees
gvoving
neav
valev-couvses,
eilIev Iean
IodiI
lovavds lIe
slvean,
ov slvelcI lIeiv
Iavgesl
IinIs in lIal
diveclion,
lo
IeneJil
I
lIe
space,
lIe
IigIl,
and lIe
aiv lo Ie
Jound
lIeve. TIe Ieav
ev,
oJ
couvse,
allacIs lIose lvees
vIicI ave neavesl al
Iand,
and
on lIe IanIs
oJ
lIe slvean ov
pond.
He naIes incisions vound
lIen, ov,
in lecInicaI
pIvase,
IeIls
lIen vilI Iis
leelI,
and vIen
lIe JaII, lIe naluvaII
laIe lIe
diveclion in vIicI lIeiv lvunIs
pvepondevale.
Oveal
cIoice, accovding
lo lIe
caplain,
is
cevlainI dispIaed I
lIe Ieavev in
seIecling
lIe vood
vIicI is lo JuvnisI IavI
Jov
vin
lev
pvovision.
TIe vIoIe Ieavev
IouseIoId,
oId and
oung,
sel oul
upon
lIis
Iusiness,
and viII oJlen
naIe
Iong jouvnes
IeJove suiled.
Sonelines
lIe
cul dovn lvees
oJ lIe
Iavgesl
size and lIen cuII
lIe
IvancIes,
lIe IavI oJ vIicI
is nosl lo lIeiv lasle. TIese
lIe
cul inlo
IenglIs
oJ aIoul
lIvee
Jeel, conve
lIen lo lIe
valev,
and
JIoal
lIen lo lIeiv
Iodges,
vIeve
lIe
ave sloved
ava Jov
vinlev.
TIe
ave slu
dious oJ cIeanIiness and conJovl
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150 Sludies in
EngIisI
JuIius Bodnan
lIeiv
viIIage,
lIence
JIoaling
lIen
Ione.
OccasionaII
lIe
sIips
ave
sloved
ava Jov
lIe vinlev vilI
oul
Ieing slvipped
oJ lIe
IavI:
. . .
lIe
ave caveJuI lo venove
lIe veJuse vood Jvon lIeiv dveII
ings,
as soon as
lIe
Iave ealen
lIe
vind, laIing
lIe slicIs lo
sone dislance.
Buving
lIe
spving
oJ lIe
eav
lIe naIes ave nevev
Jound vilI lIe lviIe al
Ione,
Iul
aIvas I lIenseIves,
eilIev
sing
I
ov in
pavlies
oJ lvo ov
lIvee,
vIen
lIe appeav
lo Iose lIeiv
usuaI IaIils oJ
sagacil,
and JaII
an
eas pve
lo lIe avls oJ lIe
lvappev.
In sunnev
lIe
veluvn
Ione,
and
Ius lIenseIves,
vilI
lIe
JenaIes,
in
naIing pvovision
Jov
vinlev.
TIe
ave descviIed
as
exceedingI
Jevocious aninaIs
vIen ivvilaled.
TIe
expevienced lvappev veadiI
delecls lIe
pvesence oJ
Ieavev in
an pond
ov
slvean: discoveving
lIen
I
a lIousand
appeavances
vIicI vouId aJJovd no indicalion
lo lIe
unpvaclised oIsevvev.
. . .
TIis is
sinpI
conslvucled lo
calcI lIe
Jool
oJ lIe aninaI.
TIe
lvappev pIaces
il
usuaII
in
sone
posilion
neav lIe
sIove,
and
jusl
IeIov lIe
suvJace oJ
lIe
valev,
Jaslening
il
I
a
snaII
cIain lo a
poIe
slucI in lIe nud.
In lIe noulI oJ lIe nacIine is
pIaced
one end oJ a snaII
IvancI:
lIe olIev end
vising
aIove lIe
suvJace,
and veII soaIed in lIe
Iiquid
Iail vIose odov is Jound
lo Ie allvaclive lo lIe Ieavev.
As soon as lIe aninaI scenls
il,
Ie vuIs Iis nose
againsl
lIe
lvig,
BonneviIIe's Advenluves
in lIeiv
Iodges,
and aJlev lIeiv
vepasls,
viII
cavv
oul lIe slicIs
Jvon vIicI
lIe
Iave ealen lIe
IavI,
and lIvov lIen inlo lIe
cuvvenl
Ieond
lIe Iavviev. In
lIe
spving,
vIicI is lIe
Iveeding
season,
lIe naIe Ieaves lIe JenaIe
al
Ione,
and sels oJJ on a louv
oJ
pIeasuve, vanIIing
oJlen lo a
gveal dislance, vecvealing
Iin
seIJ in
evev
cIeav and
quiel
ex
panse
oJ valev on Iis
va,
and
cIinIing
lIe IanIs
occasionaII
lo Jeasl
upon
lIe lendev
spvouls
oJ lIe
oung
viIIovs. As sun
nev
advances,
Ie
gives up
Iis
IacIeIov
vanIIes,
and
IelIinIing
IinseIJ oJ
IouseIeeping dulies,
veluvns Ione lo Iis nale and Iis
nev
pvogen,
and navsIaIs lIen
aII Jov lIe
Jovaging expedilion
in
quesl
oJ vinlev
pvovisions.
Fvaclice
. . .
Ias
given
sucI a
quicIness
oJ
ee
lo lIe
expevi
enced
lvappev
in aII lIal veIales
lo Iis
puvsuil,
lIal Ie can delecl
lIe
sIigIlesl sign oJ Ieavev,
Iov
evev
viId. He nov
goes
lo vovI
lo sel lIe
lvap: pIanling
il
upon
lIe
sIove,
in sone cIosen
pIace,
lvo ov lIvee incIes IeIov lIe
suvJace
oJ
lIe
valev,
and secuves
il
I
a cIain lo a
poIe
sel
deep
in lIe nud. A snaII
lvig
is lIen
slvipped
oJ ils
IavI,
and one end
is
dipped
in lIe
nedicine,
as
lIe
lvappevs
levn lIe
pecuIiav
Iail vIicI
lIe enpIo.
TIis
end oJ lIe slicI vises aIove lIe
suvJace
oJ lIe
valev,
lIe olIev
end is
pIanled
Ielveen lIe
javs
oJ lIe
lvap.
TIe Ieavev
possess
ing
an acule sense oJ
sneII,
is
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A Nole on
Foe's JuIius Bodnan1' 151
JuIius Bodnan
and,
in so
doing, sleps upon
lIe
lvap, spvings il,
and is
caugIl....
BonneviIIe's Advenluves
soon allvacled
I
lIe odov oJ lIe
Iail. As Ie vaises Iis nose lo
vavd
il,
Iis
Jool
is
caugIl
in lIe
lvap.
Foe
evidenlI
vvole a nunIev oJ lIese
passages
vilI Iis
Ivving open
IeJove Iin. His nelIod oJ
vovIing
vilI Iis
souvces in lIis inslance is nol unIiIe lIal
adopled
in lIe
case oJ olIev
Iovvovings
nade
I Iin: as,
Jov
exanpIe,
in
Iis
enpIonenl
oJ MovveII's
Voages
in Iis AvlIuv Oovdon
Fn4
and oJ
Ivving's
Aslovia in JuIius Bodnan*
?Foe,s
WovIs,
ed. Slednan and
WoodIevv,
Nev
YovI, 1895, V, pp.
356-358.
nIid., V, pp.
359-361.
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