The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . the spot. INDIAN HUNTERS. A GOOD hunter is, among the Indians, as much distin-guished as a valiant warrior, and is always more wise and lessdepraved. When hunting, every Indian is attentive to hisduty, and nothing but his duty. He forgets quarrelling,gaming, (which also is one of his vices,) and even his of the traders, who follow everyyear in their train,haveassured me that the winter Indian and the summer Indianare totally different beings. During summer, he is alwaysin a state of indolence, which degrades and brutifies
The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . the spot. INDIAN HUNTERS. A GOOD hunter is, among the Indians, as much distin-guished as a valiant warrior, and is always more wise and lessdepraved. When hunting, every Indian is attentive to hisduty, and nothing but his duty. He forgets quarrelling,gaming, (which also is one of his vices,) and even his of the traders, who follow everyyear in their train,haveassured me that the winter Indian and the summer Indianare totally different beings. During summer, he is alwaysin a state of indolence, which degrades and brutifies man inhis most civilized and best educated state: the winter hepasses in labour, which tames and softens characters themost reckless and ferocious. In hunting, the Indians areindefatigable, though engaged in exercise incessant and mostlaborious; and the success with which they pursue their vari-ous game through both prairies and forests, in lakes and rivers,displays strongly the acuteness of their understandings. Beltrami. THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY. TREATISE ON BREAKING DOGS. One of the most important things to the shooter is thepossession of a good setter or pointer Dog. On this de-pends, in a great measure, his pleasure and success—andthis necessary auxiliary to his recreations is within thereach of every man, who can either shoot well, or will giveas much time and perseverance as the subject requires. Tobreak a Dog properly, it is necessary to possess skill, pa-tience, and perseverance; and without these two latterqualities, it will be useless for any one to undertake it. Itis to the want of these properties, we may attribute the factof being overrun with useless or half-broken Dogs. It willbe well for every young sportsman to consider this subjectproperly, and to make himself acquainted with every rulenecessary to the attainment of this grand object; and, underthese considerations, I have, by consulting various authors,and my own experience, submitted the following
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