. The book of a naturalist [microform]. Sciences naturelles; Natural history; Animal behavior; Animaux. HINTa iO AD'OER-SEEKERS 27 the shout was evidently meant for me, but I took no notice. I kept my eyes on my adder, and soon the two horsemen came down at a gallop to me, and of course before they were fifty yards from me, the thunder of the hoofs had sent the creature into hiding. Sitting on their horses they stared in angry silence at me, and finding I had to speak first, I apologised for being in the preserve, and said the keeper, knowing me to be a harmless naturahst, had given me permiss
. The book of a naturalist [microform]. Sciences naturelles; Natural history; Animal behavior; Animaux. HINTa iO AD'OER-SEEKERS 27 the shout was evidently meant for me, but I took no notice. I kept my eyes on my adder, and soon the two horsemen came down at a gallop to me, and of course before they were fifty yards from me, the thunder of the hoofs had sent the creature into hiding. Sitting on their horses they stared in angry silence at me, and finding I had to speak first, I apologised for being in the preserve, and said the keeper, knowing me to be a harmless naturahst, had given me permission to come there to find a flower I was interested inâalso an adder. What, he demanded, did I want with adders ? Just to see them, I said ; I had found one and was watch- ing it when his approach had driven it away. I then added that adders were exceedingly abundant on this land of his, that I had just found and measured one which was twenty-eight inches long âthe biggest adder I had ever found. " Where is it?âlet's see it!" shouted both men, and I had to tell them that I had released it, and it had gone into a bush about forty yards from where we stood. They stared at me, then exchanged glances, then the big man asked me if I meant what I had saidâ if I had actually caught a big adder only to release it unharmed ? That, I said, was what I had done. "Then you did wrong," almost yelled the second man. " To catch and release an adder that might bite and kiU some one any dayâI consider it a ; '1 |;Vi ; 'i t â â â \ f. ; 1 i'\" â M !'i!. 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 Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922. London ; Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton
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