A souvenir of the village of Meadowvale-on-the-Credit, described and illustrated by HSpiers. . under your feet. In fact, thevery great number of them bewilderscne, and altho you might catchsight of half a dozen at once, in youruncertainty which to shoot at you the winter months, their nests andfeeding grounds being readily noticedTheir fur is of commercial value,and as such the hunting of them be-comes in a nature a business. Inthe same connection may be men-tioned that both mink and skunk arealso trapped, the latter being themore plentiful, a considerablenumber of mink are seen in this
A souvenir of the village of Meadowvale-on-the-Credit, described and illustrated by HSpiers. . under your feet. In fact, thevery great number of them bewilderscne, and altho you might catchsight of half a dozen at once, in youruncertainty which to shoot at you the winter months, their nests andfeeding grounds being readily noticedTheir fur is of commercial value,and as such the hunting of them be-comes in a nature a business. Inthe same connection may be men-tioned that both mink and skunk arealso trapped, the latter being themore plentiful, a considerablenumber of mink are seen in this lo-cality at different times during theyear, but they are sly rascals-to what do we find for the followers ofIsaac Walton in the cool retreats ofthe silvery Credit, or in the muddybed of the mill pond ? Black bassof fair size, catfish, suckers, chubs,shiners and eels would about fill thebill, and those who have the patienceto angle for the finny tribe may pos-sibly not return home favorite place of an early summerevening is just opposite Mr. HenryBrowns house, between that and. RESIDENCE OF F. J. JACKSON. may miss them all, for they disap-pear like a flash. To illustrate this,one day last spring there were all ofsix persons between the dam andthe mill blazing away, and yet onlytwo muskrats were bagged, thotheywere plentiful enough. Its exhilar-ating sport while it lasts, and pos-sesses more of the true quality ofsporting than many another form ofhunting. The muskrat is also trap-ped considerably, this more during catch. Foxes are few. In the rear of :heGooderham farm there is a ravinethat has been the abode of foxes foryears, and there are some there Mr. Holly Gooderhams timeconsiderable hunting of foxes wasdone in this very spot. This aboutends all that there is to shoot in thisneighborhood, outside of hawks,pigeons, crows and squirrels. Passing from hunting to fishing, the chopping mill. Perhaps onereason for this spot being chosenmay be its convenience. Y
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