. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Hunting the Mulc-Decy in Colonuio. 273. A I' IN A Nl:T <il IIMLM. an incursion, I ride for miles. Not a sij^n. I ride now witii haste, for 'Ml 'inlil I sec sijrn will I bej^in to hunt. Suddcmly, a fresh track â two < themâleisundy windint;- downward. In a moment, alert, i am on the <rround, takinj^j the rein ovc;r my pony's head as, rifle in hand, 1 dismount, so thai if I let him ^o he will put his foot in it 'sently and
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Hunting the Mulc-Decy in Colonuio. 273. A I' IN A Nl:T <il IIMLM. an incursion, I ride for miles. Not a sij^n. I ride now witii haste, for 'Ml 'inlil I sec sijrn will I bej^in to hunt. Suddcmly, a fresh track â two < themâleisundy windint;- downward. In a moment, alert, i am on the <rround, takinj^j the rein ovc;r my pony's head as, rifle in hand, 1 dismount, so thai if I let him ^o he will put his foot in it 'sently and liold himself there. (A lariat loo[)ed at the saddle- fork, or held coiled in tiic left hand r(;ady to drop, Indian fashion, is also j^o(jd.) I intend to leave him here to {;^<\ while 1 prowl around to watch and list(;n, hut presently I make out a p(,culiar jjattiTn in the n(,'t-work of low branches and little sprouts of trees, It is very sij^rnificant to me ; I know there can be no mistake about it, and I immediately send a ball just under tiie center portion. The pattern disai)p(!ars without noise, and I reload, catch my pony, that has merely stepped aside at tin; flash antl report of my 44-caliber Cre(xl- moor, and lead him about yards into the thicket, and there lies a fine fat do('. After some dexterous use; of tht; knife;, a noose of the lariat back of her shoulders, a turn forward about the "horn" of the saddle, a few tujfs and hitch(;s, and the linip one lumilred and fifty pounds is s(!cured by the iiooks in the cinch, â for this cas(! made and provided; niy pati(,'nt ol<l Cub, meantime pretcndintr a vicious upon my buckskin bniethes, but slandinij whiU; 1 lift and make all fast and secure. Then m\_i(un slun,<^ across my shoulder, the sunset in our faces. Cub and I joi.^ lazih' toward camp. I Ik; sai^e-hcii ris',.'s noisily and unwillin;^ly, with much cackle, from our very feet ; noise- 18 * i! â M (i I ; ' â¢
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