Western field . em were on their backs. As the remainderrose I luckily dropped the last one with thesecond barrel. The dog retrieved the firsttwo, and I got the third as it was carriedinto a back water under the bank. Out to the road again, I deposited thebirds in the bag. It was a good trail home,so I stopped and lighted the old briar pipe,got into the saddle and jogged toward thehouse and supper. It was by now all but dark,and the weird cries of the small owls, com-monly called More-Porks, sounded mosteerie on the silent night, the fire-flies glis-tened here and there along the banks of ther
Western field . em were on their backs. As the remainderrose I luckily dropped the last one with thesecond barrel. The dog retrieved the firsttwo, and I got the third as it was carriedinto a back water under the bank. Out to the road again, I deposited thebirds in the bag. It was a good trail home,so I stopped and lighted the old briar pipe,got into the saddle and jogged toward thehouse and supper. It was by now all but dark,and the weird cries of the small owls, com-monly called More-Porks, sounded mosteerie on the silent night, the fire-flies glis-tened here and there along the banks of theroad, and the hum and buzz of a beetlesounded loud as he whirled past. Many such days have I enjoyed; oftenmade more interesting by various additionsto the bag, from the Virginian quail to thelordly English pheasant. To an admirer oflarge bags and big battues such a day wouldhave no attractions, but to the true sports-man and lover of nature it is far ahead ofmore wholesale forms of slaughter. (T-TK^J^^ftcS^^^TTT. THE SCIENCE OF SILVICULTURE. Brief Sketches of Forestry and the Foresters. By Clyde Scott Chase. PART CHARACTER OF TREES. L
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