"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."

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To the lost man, to the pioneer penetrating a new country, to the naturalist who wishes to see the wild land at its wildest, the advice is always the same - follow a river. The river is the original forest highway. It is nature's own Wilderness Road.

— Edwin Way Teale