. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. TiiK MILK i>i;i;i{. Kil r :^': ftUt Jon It a pn, ten, jpiy leed l\nt. This day was to show me the vahie of my dou;. Almost every (hiy—indeed, every (hiy—the wind swept up lliei-reat east ravine, and over its brow. Insteail of goin^' aloiiu' tlio brow, where I was at all times liable to be sevn myself, I kept bade a little, out of sight, and left all
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. TiiK MILK i>i;i;i{. Kil r :^': ftUt Jon It a pn, ten, jpiy leed l\nt. This day was to show me the vahie of my dou;. Almost every (hiy—indeed, every (hiy—the wind swept up lliei-reat east ravine, and over its brow. Insteail of goin^' aloiiu' tlio brow, where I was at all times liable to be sevn myself, I kept bade a little, out of sight, and left all to the nose of my <!(»<;•. lie answered to the trust. He was the most beautiful dog I ever saw—of far-famed strain, with every instinct of the liigh-l)red Setter lH)rn in him. 1 never had to teach him either to stand or retrieve; he did both by virtue of his blood and birth. It was noon as I now skirted the ravine just back from its edge. The wind cami gently and freshly ovt-r the brow; the sun shone out brightly from the sky; the air was pure as the nu)untain stream beneatli it, and motion itself was a pleasure. All at once, Dash stepped out from me. raised his nose a moment, and stole toward the brow. Theie he stood, while I ste])])eil beyond, and saw one of the sights that make a sportsman's nerves tingle, and set all his blood aglow. About lifteen rods down the stee]t hill-side was a proces- sion, in line, of two dooH, a large buck, and two yearlings or fawns behind. None saw me, and 1 had time for a. choice. From the buck's neck, I saw that he was in his fidl run, and unfit for use. The does ^\ould be perfect. The tA\o in front were walking lapidly, and I was waiting for them to pause, when, looking ahead, a much laiger doe, and evi- dently the leader of the band, was standing, cropping grass. I swung my rifle ahead, and, in my old instinct and folly, tired low, for her heart. In an instant all was commotion. I tired again, without effect, when the whole ba
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