. Pen and pencil sketches; being reminiscences during eighteen years' residence in Bengal. ^^,^. -*&. GREY PARTRIDGE. What happy dogs sportsmen ought to be with sucha season before them; for the gunner, partridge,quail, hare, snipe, dukes, are all, very often, in super-abundance. Then, such a prospect with the geedars! Horsesgetting into and in condition ; the care of thekennel; the collecting the hounds; the pleasingthought that Phoebus now rides low in the heavens 2o6 PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. and is no longer the decided adversary of the merrysportsman ! That the Berhampoor hunt may ever hav
. Pen and pencil sketches; being reminiscences during eighteen years' residence in Bengal. ^^,^. -*&. GREY PARTRIDGE. What happy dogs sportsmen ought to be with sucha season before them; for the gunner, partridge,quail, hare, snipe, dukes, are all, very often, in super-abundance. Then, such a prospect with the geedars! Horsesgetting into and in condition ; the care of thekennel; the collecting the hounds; the pleasingthought that Phoebus now rides low in the heavens 2o6 PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. and is no longer the decided adversary of the merrysportsman ! That the Berhampoor hunt may ever have Their horses sound, and hounds healthy,Earths well stopped, and geedars plenty, are my sincere wislies. December. The sportsmans occupation during the fine monthsof November and December is generally muchextended. The klialee crops are now high and in flov^ lowly creeping pea is also progressing. Thesetwo covers are great harbourers of the quail, and infavourable situations that bird is now well in. The shooter is sure to find tliem in tlie cropsmentioned, and where the dub grass forms th
Size: 2362px × 1058px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1883
