. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . ATTITUDES OF GREAT WHITE HERON WHEN FEEDING {To face page 161 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 161 and every description of obstacle. By dint of greatexertion, all three of us pushing with the oars withall our strength, we managed to penetrate perhapsioo yards into this labyrinth, and there westuck. At this point I went overboard up to mywaist and pushed behind, while the two Turksworked with the oars against the trunks of thestunted trees, and in this manner we progressedabout as far again. Then the men began to lookabout as if they had reached the spot. It was notposs
. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . ATTITUDES OF GREAT WHITE HERON WHEN FEEDING {To face page 161 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 161 and every description of obstacle. By dint of greatexertion, all three of us pushing with the oars withall our strength, we managed to penetrate perhapsioo yards into this labyrinth, and there westuck. At this point I went overboard up to mywaist and pushed behind, while the two Turksworked with the oars against the trunks of thestunted trees, and in this manner we progressedabout as far again. Then the men began to lookabout as if they had reached the spot. It was notpossible to see more than a few yards on each sideof us, so I took my revolver and fired a shot, hopingto see Herons rising from their nests against thesky. But no such result happened. There wasevidently nothing there, and we returned, with thesame difficulty, to where we had left the interpreter,as I felt that some explanation was desirable. As I expected, a close cross-examination broughtout the fact that they had never found any nes
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