. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. SQUIRRELS AND SQUIRREL HUNTING. *'We can not but pity the boy \vho has never fired a gun; he is no more liumane, while his education has been sadly ; —Thoreau. "I have entered many woods just for the purpose of creeping through the brake and the thickets. Destruction in itself was not the motive ; it was an overpowering instinct for woods and fields. Yet woods and fields lose half their interest without a gun—I like the power to shoot, even though I may not use ; —Richa
. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. SQUIRRELS AND SQUIRREL HUNTING. *'We can not but pity the boy \vho has never fired a gun; he is no more liumane, while his education has been sadly ; —Thoreau. "I have entered many woods just for the purpose of creeping through the brake and the thickets. Destruction in itself was not the motive ; it was an overpowering instinct for woods and fields. Yet woods and fields lose half their interest without a gun—I like the power to shoot, even though I may not use ; —Richard Jefferies. " Gayly chattering to the clattering Of the brown nuts' downward pattering. Leap the squirrels, red and ; — Whittier. HAVE always been attracted to squirrels with an uncontrollable impulse. I must be on the hunt, away to the woods and to their haunts. Squirrel hunting was the favorite pastime of Rip Van Winkle. Why should it not be ours also? The best kind of a day in which to hunt squirrels is on a still morning, quite early, when there has been a rain on the day before, and the woods are yet a little wet, and the leaves perhaps not through their dripping; or on a late afternoon, when the wind has died down and they are out for their supper among the branches. Any quiet dawn or even- ing will do, but after a rain is the most favorable time, for they will be out then in full force, if the trees are not too wet for them. In the middle of the day they 190. THE SQUIRRKL HUNTER. 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 Huston, Paul Griswold. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New York, Eaton and Mains
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