. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 556 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. and dogs to drive ibem into lake or river, it requires very little skill on his part to get venison; and a man wlio is a very poor shot will sometimes start from Martin's and return in a few d
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 556 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. and dogs to drive ibem into lake or river, it requires very little skill on his part to get venison; and a man wlio is a very poor shot will sometimes start from Martin's and return in a few days with two or three deer, for when they are driven into into the water, there is very little chance of their escape, if the hunter is watching near the place where they go in; or in " shining" them either, for the guide silently paddles you up almost close enough to catch the victim by the tail; and then there is some chance of shooting the guide, or the dog, or yourself in the excitement of the moment, or the guide has to knock the deer on the head with a club, if you don't kill him. When Martin wants venison, he sends any of the guides who may be lounging about the house off on a drive. Here is a rough copv of one of my artist's '^t^i,r. 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 Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler
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