. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. JOtTRNEY TO THE BARnENB — ROCK CREVICES — MINERAL WEALTH UNUSUAL CONFIDENCE OF THE WILD ANIMALS ECONOMY IN THE USE OF AMMUNITION—LAST NIGHT IN CAMl' AOAIN EN ROUTE TIMUKR—A HEB-TREE—MV COMPANION—BEE-HUNTERS—PTARMI- GAN ADVENTURE WITH A GLUTTON. While here, I was induced to visit a locality which some of the trappers spoke of under the name of the Barrens, situated a journey of two days off, and which I performed alone. The appearance of the country in that neigh- bourhood is remarkable, differing from all
. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. JOtTRNEY TO THE BARnENB — ROCK CREVICES — MINERAL WEALTH UNUSUAL CONFIDENCE OF THE WILD ANIMALS ECONOMY IN THE USE OF AMMUNITION—LAST NIGHT IN CAMl' AOAIN EN ROUTE TIMUKR—A HEB-TREE—MV COMPANION—BEE-HUNTERS—PTARMI- GAN ADVENTURE WITH A GLUTTON. While here, I was induced to visit a locality which some of the trappers spoke of under the name of the Barrens, situated a journey of two days off, and which I performed alone. The appearance of the country in that neigh- bourhood is remarkable, differing from all the localities I had previously seen. Here rocks crop up in abrupt piles, and in the most unaccountable manner, through the surface of the soil, while the crevices between them are filled with pebbles of various dimensions and shapes. The apparent disorder impresses the traveller so forcibly with the idea of mismanagement, that he cannot help imagining that this part of the earth must be of later construction than other portions, and that the necessary materials having become scarce, all the rubbish that could be collected was thrown together in one common jumble. Many of these rocks are furrowed with deep seams, produced, one I i ifi' \^. 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 Gillmore, Parker. London : Hurst and Blackett
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