. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Bmc-Shoo filler. 867 l-arthur opened skulkin^f ethotl t)f iside the l)Ut your d by rod, 3 a break the birds. ^ slowly, few more ihot. My Ithem, so 1 ew to my ly weapon, ,arp cry of my arrow I watched of intense m to affect [he feathers lied to rise, le bird was and soon. A SU( CRSsl'UI. SHOT. curved into cover. This is the lonjj^est successful bow-shot we have recorded. It must l)e nott;d. however, that I did not shoot at any |)articuiar l)ird
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Bmc-Shoo filler. 867 l-arthur opened skulkin^f ethotl t)f iside the l)Ut your d by rod, 3 a break the birds. ^ slowly, few more ihot. My Ithem, so 1 ew to my ly weapon, ,arp cry of my arrow I watched of intense m to affect [he feathers lied to rise, le bird was and soon. A SU( CRSsl'UI. SHOT. curved into cover. This is the lonjj^est successful bow-shot we have recorded. It must l)e nott;d. however, that I did not shoot at any |)articuiar l)ird, hut at the flock, and of course â¢â much {.rood hick " was a stronj;; element in influencint; the result.* On approachinjjf my turkey, 1 found it pierced throiiirh the spine and lun^s, (juite deail. 1 spent an hour or two after tliis beatinif about the island, but saw no more of the flock. Threi' deer jj^ot up before me, and in followinir them I passed around an arm of the lajj^oon. Before I was aware of it, I had betan- jjled myself in a jungle, from which it took me two hours more to extricate myself, and it was two o'clock when I reached my canoe. I'eeling pretty hun^^ry, I did not dally much in returninj,^ to thi: tent. When I reached it, however, Ca;sar was not there, and no prepara- tions for dinner were visible. I lay down to smoke and rest. In a few minutes Will came in. tired too; but Caesar could not be heard from, thou<rh we called him in no jrentle way. b'inally. wl- had to make a fire and prepare the dinner ourselves. We roasted the turkey, which, beinjf only about half-L;rown. cooked easily, and Will maile some excellent coffee. We had sailor's biscuit, some pickles, onions, canned fruit, and then the wine: but when we came to look for the last-named article, not a bottle could be found ! O Casar, what unfeelinjr treachery ! We understocKJ the matter now, and a little search discovered him lyint^ under a palmetto-tree, sleeping the sleep of the ve
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