. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. w ' I i 014 l!I(i <.A\li; Hi NnlMII AMKUH A, <li'iisH \v(»(m1s riiii'ly vihnitt'. 'I'lu'v sooii '"akH nj) the t'dioes of lilt' rui-olV hills, as tlit'V spctMlily clcsf up the (listaiicf between llieiii and the old iilantiura*!*. uho is now l)e<,dii nin;^ to I'ealize that he is alMHii •• to lie caiiuht out in a hard ; and had b
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. w ' I i 014 l!I(i <.A\li; Hi NnlMII AMKUH A, <li'iisH \v(»(m1s riiii'ly vihnitt'. 'I'lu'v sooii '"akH nj) the t'dioes of lilt' rui-olV hills, as tlit'V spctMlily clcsf up the (listaiicf between llieiii and the old iilantiura*!*. uho is now l)e<,dii nin;^ to I'ealize that he is alMHii •• to lie caiiuht out in a hard ; and had best betake hiaisell' to shelter, whieh lif does hy scalinu' the laiyest tree within reach. He is noiir too soon, I'oi' the seeiinniily wild and I'uiious demons aie alrea<ly at the roots oi' the tree eic he has reached a ]ilace ol' concealment. ' that the'Coon has irone uj) the tre(^ tlie tones of tile lioiinds chaniie from the musical bawl to shai'ii, deliant barks, plainly announcin<r the fact that they have tieed, and need our assistance. An encouraiiinu' •'tally ho" ti-lls them we are cominu'. Now it is a blind race to the dons— every fellow for himself—through brush, over fallen \os couldn't, see; or. if youi' course lay, for a time, in an old road, 1)1 unging from to knee-deep in water and imid. Such is the wild i-ace. and no one is worse for tlie wear. Indeed, who .-ver hear<l of a real enthusiastic 'Coon-liunter getting seriously hurt while mandiing on the double-cpuck to th»' exciting music of the liounds. No mat- ter how dark the night, or how many wild grape-vine tan- gles he max encounter, or how rough the ground he passes over, he feinds at the tree, "top side up. with care," every time. I vmce hit a young hunting-friend a severe blow, with the muzzle of a long, twelve-pound liHe, across the eyebrows, felling him to the ground; but he claimed tluit "it didn't hurt him a ; although his left e\e was
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