. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. .>^^r CHAPTER VIII. SHOOTING, ETC. Wandering one day in Yesso over the low slopes of country which stretched away from the hills to the sea, with here and there swamps and marshy ground, which alone broke the long rolling slopes of rank gi'ass, I was in hopes of picking up a few of the large species of snipe, and a hare, or other small game. Some half-a- dozen snipe I had already bagged. As at any moment in this wild island, when a short distance from the
. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. .>^^r CHAPTER VIII. SHOOTING, ETC. Wandering one day in Yesso over the low slopes of country which stretched away from the hills to the sea, with here and there swamps and marshy ground, which alone broke the long rolling slopes of rank gi'ass, I was in hopes of picking up a few of the large species of snipe, and a hare, or other small game. Some half-a- dozen snipe I had already bagged. As at any moment in this wild island, when a short distance from the few inhabitants, bear or deer may be met with, I always had a few bullets ready to slip down my old muzzle-. 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 St. John, Henry Craven, 1837-1909. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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