. The hunter and the trapper in North America, or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. Hunting; Game and game-birds; Chasse; Gibier. ^^:^'. â â .^ . .^&f(^ CHArTER XIII. THE [S a general rule, all animals are seized with a panic-terror at the discharge of a gun; and if they escape the murderous lead, they fly as best they can, with all the speed which fear can lend to their wings or feet. The peccary is, I sup- pose, the only being in nature which cannot be accused of this pusillanimity. I will say more. It has been proved to me that the report of a gun as loud as the volca
. The hunter and the trapper in North America, or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. Hunting; Game and game-birds; Chasse; Gibier. ^^:^'. â â .^ . .^&f(^ CHArTER XIII. THE [S a general rule, all animals are seized with a panic-terror at the discharge of a gun; and if they escape the murderous lead, they fly as best they can, with all the speed which fear can lend to their wings or feet. The peccary is, I sup- pose, the only being in nature which cannot be accused of this pusillanimity. I will say more. It has been proved to me that the report of a gun as loud as the volcanic detonations of Hecla or Chimborazo wiU but redouble the rage of the peccary, who becomes more and more irritated as the danger inci-eases. The animal seems completely insensible to those nervous influences, those inevitable sensations which noise, under whatever form it may be produced, excites in man and the brute. Though the size of the peccary does not ordinarily exceed twenty to twenty-four inches in height, and three and iJ. 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 Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882. London; Edinburgh : T. Nelson
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