. American game in its seasons [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. ils<' /. canoes along the margin of streams and brooks to wliicli tlie deer come down to feed, having a light elevated in the bows npon a plank which jiartially conceals the j)erson of the shooter—or by walking stealthily throngh the woods with a fire-pan supported by a staff, and filled with blazing light wood knots, carried before you by an assistant, close in whose wake you crawl along, with ready gun, prepared for secret murder. Seeing the mysterious lights through the glimmering twilight of the wo
. American game in its seasons [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. ils<' /. canoes along the margin of streams and brooks to wliicli tlie deer come down to feed, having a light elevated in the bows npon a plank which jiartially conceals the j)erson of the shooter—or by walking stealthily throngh the woods with a fire-pan supported by a staff, and filled with blazing light wood knots, carried before you by an assistant, close in whose wake you crawl along, with ready gun, prepared for secret murder. Seeing the mysterious lights through the glimmering twilight of the woods, the timid deer stands at gaze half curious, half fascinated, until the strong reflected light falling on the balls of his tlistended eyes, makes them glare out like balls of fire, and. enables his dastardly associate to point the deadly tube directly at the centre of his broad fair brow between them, and so to slay him unsuspecting. "Worse yet, indeed worst of all, where all are bad and base, is the practice borrowed from the Indian, who killing not for sport but for necessity, not to gratify the hunter's gallant zeal, but to supply his wigwam with food for its inmates, at all times killed from ambush, and never discharging an arrow but when he was sure of killing—is the practice, I say, of lying in ambush by some salt-lick, or spring to which the deer comes down to drink, and, well concealed to the leeward of his path, to shoot him down without difliculty, as without excite- ment. The more legitimate modes—the only modes to which 1 think the true sportsman will resort—are deer-stalking,. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : C. Scribner
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