. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Bciif-lhinting in the Sont/i. 67 he: falls an easy prey to the hunter. The hunter never cheers his pack luiless he is in trouble anil wants their IN iiir. IoRKsr. The bear usually makes his bed in the most impenetrable cane- brake. He cuts and piles up heaps of cane until he has a comtorl- able sprinjf mattress. He is very fastidious in his taste, and will not remain in a wet bed ; so, after every spell of bad weather, he chanj^^es
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Bciif-lhinting in the Sont/i. 67 he: falls an easy prey to the hunter. The hunter never cheers his pack luiless he is in trouble anil wants their IN iiir. IoRKsr. The bear usually makes his bed in the most impenetrable cane- brake. He cuts and piles up heaps of cane until he has a comtorl- able sprinjf mattress. He is very fastidious in his taste, and will not remain in a wet bed ; so, after every spell of bad weather, he chanj^^es his ([uarters. In diet \\v. has a wide, almost omniverous taste. In die summer, he is ver)- dc!structive to th(- farmer's corn- tk'lds, showing- a decided relish ior ^reen corn or roastini;- ears, or fat pi^- or mutton as a side-dish, not refusing' a pumpkin by way ol tles- sert. As the fall season approaches, he climbs after the wikl scrape, the succulent muscadine, the acorn, and the persimmon, and leaves his siirn everywhere lie travels, in hea|)s of hulls of pecan anil scaly- bark hickory nuts. This is called the lappinj^ season, as he en- sconces himself in a tree-lap and breaks the limbs to pieces, in jrathering nuts and fruits. He is also excessively fond of honey, and is utterly rejj^ardless of bee-stin«,fs while tearing to pieces a nest of \* 'M bees from a hollow tr(;e. 11 !il;l ifi. 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 Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Century
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