Outing . • ^ise|t_ Painted for Octing by Albert Hencke. THE TAPIR AT HOME. A ©AY?; SPORT IN COSTA POCAo. HADresided several monthsin Costa Rica before I hada chance to hunt the pec-caries and other gamewhich abound through-out the country. Myfirst experience was atJimenez, a. small vil-lage consisting oftwenty - five or thirtyhouses and shantiesnear the Atlantic coast. One beautiful tropic morning in com-pany with John Carillo, a Colombiannegro, and the best hunter in, Jimenez,which is saying a great deal, I startedfrom the River Platte Companys head-quarters. John was armed with amuzzle-loadi
Outing . • ^ise|t_ Painted for Octing by Albert Hencke. THE TAPIR AT HOME. A ©AY?; SPORT IN COSTA POCAo. HADresided several monthsin Costa Rica before I hada chance to hunt the pec-caries and other gamewhich abound through-out the country. Myfirst experience was atJimenez, a. small vil-lage consisting oftwenty - five or thirtyhouses and shantiesnear the Atlantic coast. One beautiful tropic morning in com-pany with John Carillo, a Colombiannegro, and the best hunter in, Jimenez,which is saying a great deal, I startedfrom the River Platte Companys head-quarters. John was armed with amuzzle-loading gun, loaded with a mixt-ure of everything from slugs to , while I carried a 20-gauge, loadedwith buck, and each of us wore a longmachete or cruzado strapped to hisbelt. For about a mile we followed theplank road. On either side the foresthad been cleared away for a couple ofhundred yards, with the exception of afew giant trees left standing along theroadside. As we approached these, largeflocks of macaws and toucans would flyout, only to alight on the next John turned down a pa
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