. The big game of North America. Its habits, habitats, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it .. . ce that smoke and blood Would soon be in the game. * Venus was killed by poison carelessly set out for Foxes. She was a noble hound, trua,swift, and tireless, and had been in at the deatli of many a Deer. (341 ) 342 BIG G^ME OF NORTH AMERICA. Oft have I listened to the soundThy tongue rang echoing on before, with startled bound, The antlered monarch tied;O! by St. Hubert! twas a yell,Once heard, would be remembered well;Its loud and glorious trumpet-swell Would
. The big game of North America. Its habits, habitats, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it .. . ce that smoke and blood Would soon be in the game. * Venus was killed by poison carelessly set out for Foxes. She was a noble hound, trua,swift, and tireless, and had been in at the deatli of many a Deer. (341 ) 342 BIG G^ME OF NORTH AMERICA. Oft have I listened to the soundThy tongue rang echoing on before, with startled bound, The antlered monarch tied;O! by St. Hubert! twas a yell,Once heard, would be remembered well;Its loud and glorious trumpet-swell Would almost wake the dead! Fierce as a Tiger on the run, Yet gentle when the chase was done; And sure as bolt from rifled gun. Alas! that thou art gone!Faithful beyond een human faith,Sad was the accidental scathWhich hurried thee to timeless death— Of hounds the peerless one! Brave Venus! who will say tis wrongFor thee to sing a funeral song,Or censure sorrow, keen and strong. For noble beast like thee?I would that every earthly friendMay prove as constant to the end;For even a dog a charm can lend To proud humanity!. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. By John Fannin. ^HIS animal may be brietlj described as follows:Average weight about one hundred pounds; legs P^ short and stout; hoofs broad and stubby; ears^ pointed; horns on both sexes, curved backward,from six to twelve inches long, ringed or rough for abouthalf their length, then smooth to their shar^^ tips, jet-black, and susceptible of a high polish; fleece white, con-sisting of a flne wool next the skin and a long, straighthair, pendent on sides of bodj and legs, erect along line ofback, longer over shoulders and rump, giving the animalthe appearance of having a double hump. The Rocky Mountain Goat has been reported as farsouth as 36 north latitude, and as far north as 62^^;but I am not aware that any definite information existsrespecting the limit of its northern range. My opinion isthat this animal will be found as far north as th
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