. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. f ' IB j 1H H !f i ! ! '; vi" â il It!' ; ' 576 ////0//II ///(⢠Tliousinui I sin INIKT In Till- I AKK. canoe shoot Irmn Ixiicalli tlic luinloc ks nl tin- slion- into llir o|hii, Iri'ii^lUrtl witli a Nattv IWiinpo or a C'liinj^achjjjook, linakint; tln' plariil siiilac*' ol tlic waU-r into slowly vvidcniiii; ripples. In smh a spot, one evening, alter a dav spent in sketchini^, when iiaddlinji^ our l)oat .ihout in an indolent, aimless
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. f ' IB j 1H H !f i ! ! '; vi" â il It!' ; ' 576 ////0//II ///(⢠Tliousinui I sin INIKT In Till- I AKK. canoe shoot Irmn Ixiicalli tlic luinloc ks nl tin- slion- into llir o|hii, Iri'ii^lUrtl witli a Nattv IWiinpo or a C'liinj^achjjjook, linakint; tln' plariil siiilac*' ol tlic waU-r into slowly vvidcniiii; ripples. In smh a spot, one evening, alter a dav spent in sketchini^, when iiaddlinji^ our l)oat .ihout in an indolent, aimless way, lookint; down through the rrys tal eli-arncss of the water to the jnnj^le of weeds lulow, now Iriijhten- iniLj a piekerel Ironi his haunt or startlinjf a hrood of wDod tiuiks honi ain«»n^ the rushes and arrowheads, we lound oinseives lulated. As the sun set in a hla/e of erinison and i;oM, two hoatnien rowini^ honie- waril darkly alons^ the jL^lass) sin'lace that caui^lu the Ma/iny lii^lu ol the sk\, and across the water laine, in measured rhythm with tile »li|) ol" lh«ir oars, the tune of a (piaint, old, hall-melancholy Methodist hynm that they sanj^. We listened as tiie sony^ trailed alter them until lhe\ turned into the inlet hehmd the dusky woods anil were lost to view. I'rom such romantic and secluded scenes oiu" can watch the hustle and hiuTy of life as serenely as thouj^h one- were the inhabitant of another planet. Ahoiii a (|iiarter of a mile hack of the 'I'hoiisand Island House is a spriniLj ol mineral water strongly tincturetl with iron, cU-ar as a diamond ol the first water ami cold as ice. A litlie cre«'k, a perfect ct)nservalory of a(|uatic ami amphil)ioiis plants, wiiulini; in and out. 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 Mayer, Alfred M.
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