. Outing. ry, and fine grass bluebell, gray curlew, black curlew,grow in abundance. plover, sand snipe, three varieties of quail, pigeons in large numbers, and notfar from Mazatlan wild turkeys andgrouse. I was much surprised, saidhe, to find upon investigation several Birds Without EndMr. Cadman had promised to show me the greatest variety and quantity of ideal spots for Wilson or jacksnipe, and birds I had ever seen in an equal expectations ran high, and I wasnot disappointed. Everywhere wereducks and ducks and ducks, curlew,snipe, and rails. I was armed with acamera, while Cadman ca
. Outing. ry, and fine grass bluebell, gray curlew, black curlew,grow in abundance. plover, sand snipe, three varieties of quail, pigeons in large numbers, and notfar from Mazatlan wild turkeys andgrouse. I was much surprised, saidhe, to find upon investigation several Birds Without EndMr. Cadman had promised to show me the greatest variety and quantity of ideal spots for Wilson or jacksnipe, and birds I had ever seen in an equal expectations ran high, and I wasnot disappointed. Everywhere wereducks and ducks and ducks, curlew,snipe, and rails. I was armed with acamera, while Cadman carried a double-barreled shotgun. There was no attemptto shoot every-thing in sight aswe sought va-riety of species,and no bird wasfired upon untilit took to thewing. When gamewas broughtdown, our hu-man retrieversstripped nakedand recovered it,plunging intothe ponds likewell-t raineddogs, save inthree or fourinstances wherealligators, theyalleged, lay inwaiting for suchdelicate morselsas TWO-LEGGED RETRIEVERS STAND BY UNTILTHE GAME IS BROUGHT DOWN. to find the birds in large numbers. It may be said that Mr. Cadman wasat that time, and probably is to-day, theonly sportsman hunting in this rarely hunt anywhere in Mex-ico. In the vicinity of Mexico City,however, I found them with batteriesof guns set up,slaughter i n gducks by thethousands formarket. What I havesaid about gamebirds aroundMazatlan ap-plies to all thePacific lowlandcoast. In thelagoons nearMexcaltatan, be-tween San Biasand Mazatlan,I saw myriadsof ducks andother water-fowl. Shotsfrom our re-volvers startednumberless flocksof them. I wastold that later inthe season wild MEXICOS UNHUNTED WILDERNESS
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