. Bird notes from the Nile. Birds. 62 Bird Notes from the Nile. with one hand, while with the other he grasps a handful of birds already caught. The " bag," no doubt, was varied, as ibis, geese, and ducks, besides many small birds, are depicted rising en masse from the covert. Tame geese served as decoy Goose killed with a boomeran» Cats must have been regularly used as retrievers, as they are not unfrequently portrayed thus on the monuments. Sometimes geese and ducks alone were caught in very large nets. There is a picture of a net spread out which seems so weighted with gam
. Bird notes from the Nile. Birds. 62 Bird Notes from the Nile. with one hand, while with the other he grasps a handful of birds already caught. The " bag," no doubt, was varied, as ibis, geese, and ducks, besides many small birds, are depicted rising en masse from the covert. Tame geese served as decoy Goose killed with a boomeran» Cats must have been regularly used as retrievers, as they are not unfrequently portrayed thus on the monuments. Sometimes geese and ducks alone were caught in very large nets. There is a picture of a net spread out which seems so weighted with game that it takes four men. 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 Amherst, Mary Rothes Margaret (Tyssen-Amherst) Cecil, baroness, 1857-1919. Westminister [Eng. ] A. Constable & co. , ltd.
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