. The American sportsman: . e day, in getting a bullet up which he could notram down. Further on the writer remarks again:—We killed thirteen offone hickory-tree; and they Avere busily coming and going to andfrom it all the time, perfectly regardless of what was goiny; this immense importation of squirrels were either gray or black,and not one single fox-squirrel (which is common in Eiistern Penn-sylvania) was to be seen. During the whole afternoon it wasnothing but loading and firing, until our rifle-barrels became so hotthat we had to lay them doAvn occasionally to cool. The myriadso
. The American sportsman: . e day, in getting a bullet up which he could notram down. Further on the writer remarks again:—We killed thirteen offone hickory-tree; and they Avere busily coming and going to andfrom it all the time, perfectly regardless of what was goiny; this immense importation of squirrels were either gray or black,and not one single fox-squirrel (which is common in Eiistern Penn-sylvania) was to be seen. During the whole afternoon it wasnothing but loading and firing, until our rifle-barrels became so hotthat we had to lay them doAvn occasionally to cool. The myriadsof squirrels that are to be found on a few acres of favorable feed-ing-ground during the season of plenty is almost incredible to thoseAvho have never witnessed it. All the wholesale slaughter that wasmade during the season did not sensibly diminish their numbers;for the rear of their countless army poured in and filled up theplaces of the slain faster than were closed the thinned ranks ofNapoleon on the field of 7^*^-
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