. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . feathers, wandered about as if kept in with areal wall. The ranger still pursued, and calling every personby name as he passed by their stand, commanded him to shootthe first, thiid, or sixth, as he pleased: and if any of them missedor singled out another than that assigned him, it was counted agrievous disgrace. By such means, as they passed by the severalstations, the whole herd was killed by the several hands. Hunting formed the chief employment of the ancient Germans,and probably of the Britons also, when not engaged in historians tell us, th
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . feathers, wandered about as if kept in with areal wall. The ranger still pursued, and calling every personby name as he passed by their stand, commanded him to shootthe first, thiid, or sixth, as he pleased: and if any of them missedor singled out another than that assigned him, it was counted agrievous disgrace. By such means, as they passed by the severalstations, the whole herd was killed by the several hands. Hunting formed the chief employment of the ancient Germans,and probably of the Britons also, when not engaged in historians tell us, that this was the case, even so late asthe third century, with those unconquered Britons who livec*beyond wall; nay, that they subsisted chiefly by theprey that they took in this way. The great attachment shown b>all the Celtic nations to hunting, however, proceeded most probably from its being a kind of apprenticeship to war. By it thei-routh acquired that courage, strength, swiftness, and dexterity ii n HUNTING ADVENTUR]. ANCIENT CELTIC HUNTER. handling their arms, which made them so formidable in war letheir enemies. By it, too, they freed their country from thosemischievous animals which abounded in the forests, and furnishedthemselves with materials for those feasts which seem to haveconstituted their greatest pleasure. The young chieftains had thus, likewise,an opportunity of pay-ing court to their mistresses, by displaying their courage andagility, and making them presents of their game ; nay, so strong,and universal was the passion for hunting among the ancientBritons, that even young ladies of the highest quahty, and great-est beauty, spent much of their time in the chase. They em-ployed much the same weapons in hunting that they did in war,viz., long spears, javelins, and bows and arrows; having alsogreat numbers of dogs to assist them in finding and pursuing theirgame. These dogs were much admired among other nations, onaccount of their swiftness, strength,
Size: 1465px × 1706px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookpublishe, booksubjecthunting
