. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 230 RETURN. him stuuding in the middle of the marsh, look- ing very sick, whereupon I gave him both barrels fiom the rifle, and tumbled him head- foremost into a bush. This stag was the biggest I ever killed, and I regret 1 did not measure him; ])ut we were very much hurried, as I had to get down to the ship that dny. His head was a. good one, l)ut nothing extra; but liis foot was of enormous size. We measured this foot by the side of a bullock's ftn board the ship. The
. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 230 RETURN. him stuuding in the middle of the marsh, look- ing very sick, whereupon I gave him both barrels fiom the rifle, and tumbled him head- foremost into a bush. This stag was the biggest I ever killed, and I regret 1 did not measure him; ])ut we were very much hurried, as I had to get down to the ship that dny. His head was a. good one, l)ut nothing extra; but liis foot was of enormous size. We measured this foot by the side of a bullock's ftn board the ship. They were about the same—the deer's, if any- thing, the hirger. We brought his head and skin into camp, leaving the meat to l)e brouglit afterwards : the Indians said they got ten cents per lb. for meat, and nothing would be wasted. Another stag presently appeared, and Baird tried to cut liim oft", but was unsuccessful. I now started oft' with the Indians to o-et the boats ready for the rest of the party : and after a pretty hard day's work, reached the salt water at 8 The Baronet, not being very well satisfied with his luck, left us here to cross tlie island from east to west, which he succeeded in doing, but came very near being frozen in ou the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kennedy, W. R. (William Robert), Sir, 1838-1916. Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood
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