. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. ALTABACA (,SV,v;/'H/,/,-/r') The starveliiic^ .sliruli that ctows in saiitl. TOIIILLO DE AREXA Anotht-r sauil-jikint (in spring Ijas a lo\*eiy i'\uk tilonni like sea-tlii-iit;. has exceptional opportunity of admiring the exquisitivc gifts bestowed by nature upon her frr/ic. Here is a young stag coming straight along, down-wind, ere yet the beat lias begun, ami in a desolate spot which to human sense could l)etray absolutely no feature or taint of danger. Suddenly he becomes rigid, arrested in nhd-career—sniffing at a pure untainted air, yet conscio
. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. ALTABACA (,SV,v;/'H/,/,-/r') The starveliiic^ .sliruli that ctows in saiitl. TOIIILLO DE AREXA Anotht-r sauil-jikint (in spring Ijas a lo\*eiy i'\uk tilonni like sea-tlii-iit;. has exceptional opportunity of admiring the exquisitivc gifts bestowed by nature upon her frr/ic. Here is a young stag coming straight along, down-wind, ere yet the beat lias begun, ami in a desolate spot which to human sense could l)etray absolutely no feature or taint of danger. Suddenly he becomes rigid, arrested in nhd-career—sniffing at a pure untainted air, yet conscious someliow of sometliing wrong somewhere 1 It is a miraculous gift, tliougli one cannot but feel grateful tliat we humans are devoid of senses that ever keep nerves in higliest tension. Here is a sketch of a non-shootable stag thus suddenly statuetted thirty yards from me snugly hidden well down-wind, and so intensely interested that noriictJhinfj (a very old pal) well-nigh escaped notice. That something was our good friend Eeynard—^0/7-0 they style him out here—whose proverbial cunning exceeds all other cunnings. He lias. 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 Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929; Buck, Walter John. joint author. London, E. Arnold
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