. The sportsman's paradise, or, The lake lands of Canada [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. OR, THE LAKE LANDS OF CANADA. 53 He is now completely foiled: the canoe has come between him and the shore where he entered ; he turns once more his head towards the centre of the lake. He has made his last great effort; his doom is sealed. The Scribe has dropped his paddle into the bottom of the canoe ^nd picked up his gun. Frank pulled steadily towards the deer and gained rapidly. A few moments later a white puff of smoke arose over the canoe; the deer dropped his head and floated
. The sportsman's paradise, or, The lake lands of Canada [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. OR, THE LAKE LANDS OF CANADA. 53 He is now completely foiled: the canoe has come between him and the shore where he entered ; he turns once more his head towards the centre of the lake. He has made his last great effort; his doom is sealed. The Scribe has dropped his paddle into the bottom of the canoe ^nd picked up his gun. Frank pulled steadily towards the deer and gained rapidly. A few moments later a white puff of smoke arose over the canoe; the deer dropped his head and floated motionless in the water, while the sound of the discharge of the gun in the hands of the Scribe echoed around the lake. Scarcely had the reverberations died away when another shot was heard on our right; still another: the Governor was at work. He, too, had killed a deer, while we afterwards learned that the third had run the shore in front of Esculapius, but he was too much sur- prised to even fire a shot at this animal. The canoes now came together on the lake ; we greeted each other warmly ; everybody was happy once more. It was now about two o'clock in the afternoon, and we quickly, decided to go to our camp. The day had been passed very pleasantly by us and we had been rewarded with success. I have hunted very frequendy since that day, but have never seen three deer driven to water by a single dog in a single run since that time. We continued to hunt deer several daysâa week or moreâwith Dr. Pokorney and his wonderful dog. This animal continued to manifest the same intelligence; was sent into the woods in the same manner each day by her master, and rarely failed to bring a deer to the water. This dog would probably not attract much attention at a bench show, although I have never Vx ! ( i i; [1,. â ; ' â '.' ;. i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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