John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Capitolo 22

and the other conveniences in the heat of their fireside of the happy hearth. It is
not risking too much for saying that these two kind men, in them solitary
you cage, it passed far a winter happier than a lot of families that were
occupying, in splendid uneasiness the residences building in London, Paris
and New York.

Log perhaps Falls it was a Spaniard. He certainly spoke the Spanish language
with correctness and the fluency. The intelligence of Kit is apparent from the
done what he assiduously devoted him during the winter to the
the acquisition of the Spanish language. And its natural strong abilities are
attested in him his/her reached possession, in that short duration, completely the dominion of
the Spaniard they touch with the language. It is often said that Kit Carson was completely a
man without education. This is, in a respect, an error. The box of Log Falls
it was his/her academy, where him vigorously undertaken and with success his/her studies
for a whole winter, graduating himself/herself/itself in spring with the tallest honors that
academy could confer.

We should not forget that, besides the study of the languages, him
it also devoted a lot of attention to the study of the geography. They didn't have books,
no maps. It is doubtful indeed, if or Kit or his/her teacher, were able
reads or writes. But Log had been a famous explorer. He had crossed the
grasslands, climbed the mountains, it followed the courses of the rivers, and
paddled on the lakes. With his/her baton he could easily draw on him
floor trodden of his/her hut what was essential of a chart. There
probably it was many inactive students in Harvard and Yale that during those
months in winter didn't make as so much intellectual progress Kit Carson
fact.

In the spring of 1827, Kit went ahead again from the retreat in his/her winter in
the world of wild region that has his/her active life and absorbing
excitements, often even far greater than you/he/she will be found on the city
crowded floorings. Not finding in these remote regions some congenial