. A sportsman's Eden [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. LETTER VIII. Dear Pat, ^'^^°'" ^*"^l'- Six thousand miles by road and rail and ocean steamers, added to six days through moun- am forests, m whieh even mining engineers and liuhans are scarce, should suffice even in these miserabledaysof over-population andover-civiliza- tion to ensure the traveller solitude which the nng of no other man's rifle should break. And yet on my second day in camp there were white men s horses down below on the next * bench ' of grass, and white men's rifles were making the chtts r
. A sportsman's Eden [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. LETTER VIII. Dear Pat, ^'^^°'" ^*"^l'- Six thousand miles by road and rail and ocean steamers, added to six days through moun- am forests, m whieh even mining engineers and liuhans are scarce, should suffice even in these miserabledaysof over-population andover-civiliza- tion to ensure the traveller solitude which the nng of no other man's rifle should break. And yet on my second day in camp there were white men s horses down below on the next * bench ' of grass, and white men's rifles were making the chtts rattle above my eyry. As my old hunter came back without any very definite report I rode down on the Monday evening to interview the enemy in person, my heart swelling with a just wrath. As I rode down the brae, I was aware of a person beyond the brook, who, with his back turned, appeared to be deep in some cuhnary operation. I did not know then, but I 7 .'I f ;. ' I M. 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 Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918. London : R. Bentley
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