. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 254 Decr-Hiiuting on the Ah Sable. s •• 1 ! m. with the water's surface, and in others it dips below it or inclines gradually upward from it. I'hese trees have been named, with a nice sense of the fitness of terms, "; We found them such. Our raft was guided by poles, one aft and the other forward. A vigorous use of tiiese might have had something to do with determining the course of the craft, but one was dropped and another b
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 254 Decr-Hiiuting on the Ah Sable. s •• 1 ! m. with the water's surface, and in others it dips below it or inclines gradually upward from it. I'hese trees have been named, with a nice sense of the fitness of terms, "; We found them such. Our raft was guided by poles, one aft and the other forward. A vigorous use of tiiese might have had something to do with determining the course of the craft, but one was dropped and another broken, and she forthwith proceeded to work her sweet will of us. She seemed possessed of a mis- chievous intelligence, and if an obstruction came in view, made directly for it. There was gen- erally room for her to pass be- neath a "sweep- er," which she always did; but it was different with the passen- gers, who, with a couple of un- happy dogs, were rasped from one end of her to the other, some- times into the water, and some- times only half into it, but always holding on to the logs with grim desperation. When the day arrived for breaking up camp, we had hung up in our barn twenty-three deer, my buck being accorded the place of honor at the head of the line. Our dogs were rather the worse for wear, but all were there, which is something un- usual at the end of a hunt in this part of the country. The fact is, the natives discourage hunting with , if not, indeed, all hunting in which they themselves do not participate. They pi meat which contains strychnine on the deer-paths, and also, \v occasion offers, shoot the dogs. A party of gentlemen from Bii^ City came into our neighborhood a few days later than we. 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 Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marsh
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