. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. U,! . I' 646 North American Grouse. L<! t n he seeks to avoid th<; cxiiosurc by hiding. Then th<; sportsman, followinj^ close after his dojr, keepinj^ always ready for a shot, may see the dog halt sharjj, pointing to a thicket of briers and cnt brush, then recalling the runs which he had made before the previous points, will st«;p forward slowly,âslowl),â with his head high in air and eyes intent; a pause,âhis fof)t is up f(jr anothe
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. U,! . I' 646 North American Grouse. L<! t n he seeks to avoid th<; cxiiosurc by hiding. Then th<; sportsman, followinj^ close after his dojr, keepinj^ always ready for a shot, may see the dog halt sharjj, pointing to a thicket of briers and cnt brush, then recalling the runs which he had made before the previous points, will st«;p forward slowly,âslowl),â with his head high in air and eyes intent; a pause,âhis fof)t is up f(jr another step, wh<;n the bird rushes out again, scattering the brush with his quick wings, and whirling off the saffron leaves from the white birch. Never mind th<: aim, â the gun comes up to the line f)f flight, the sharp report awaki ns tiie echoes of the hills, and the pride of th<: wood- land falls to the ground, lirav't old bird, he died in the prime of life ! No iKise snare shall choke him ; no liorncrd owl or stealthy mink shall pick his bones ; but, roasted before a hif kor)- fire, he* will be served hot as the second course to a gentle , and have his virtues told by hunters who hontjr his name and worth, as they tell stories of the chase, or carol snatches of Thoreau's songs in the autumn night. " shot of the woofl from thy ambush kiw, Holt off the flry k-avcs fiyin;:; U'ith .1 whirring siirinf; like an ) how, Thou speefiest wh'.n the y(.-;ir i, 'lyi'ig; .And thy ra-at j^ray form fiarts whirling past. So silent all as thou fliest fast, Sna|j|)ing a leaf from the cojise'- refl,â (Jur native M.'i on the woofJIaml bred. ''â And thy whirring wings I , Wlien the ' olored i'.e is warming 'I'he twigs r)f the forest sere ; When the nor'.hcrrn wind, a-storrning, Draws ' old as death round the Irish hut, '{'hat lifts its Mue smoke in 'lie railway 1 ut, Arid the hardy < hopjur sits dreaming at liorne, .And ihou and I are alone in the st'
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