. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. OUT OF RECKONING. 239 111 k and jing in ihnient nations e grey lof him- )ur pro- :e our- lings of feast in generous ving col- sk about it after I hard at [y that in :e all his iling but If-an-hour drcl was lie horses ty inten- slightest Ainity to It to live, sentence lieing carried out by means of a pill warranted to cure all earthly ills. Although unable to capture any fish, I saw that this lake swarmed with them. Several immense trout, perfect leviathans of their race, continued rising within stone-throw
. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. OUT OF RECKONING. 239 111 k and jing in ihnient nations e grey lof him- )ur pro- :e our- lings of feast in generous ving col- sk about it after I hard at [y that in :e all his iling but If-an-hour drcl was lie horses ty inten- slightest Ainity to It to live, sentence lieing carried out by means of a pill warranted to cure all earthly ills. Although unable to capture any fish, I saw that this lake swarmed with them. Several immense trout, perfect leviathans of their race, continued rising within stone-throw of the margm. White fish also were constantly passing by in shoals, floating so close to the surface that their dorsal fins were fre- quently out of the water. With such an abundance of wholesome food within sight, it was rather tan- talising not to be able to obtain some of it. It was with regret I saw most clearly that imless we reached our destination soon our poor animals would be utterly knocked up from fatigue and want of food. They were, without exaggeration, regular bags of bones, possessed neither of energy nor of streng-th. 1 would willingly have left them here, in the hope that the return party might find them ; but if such a course had been adopted, they would not have survived twenty-four hours, as the wolves would have been certain to take advantage of their unprotected condition, and harass them to death. My companion informed me tliis evening tliat he was beffinninir to fear that he was out of his reckon- ing, for, to the best of his calculation, we had travelled all the necessary distance to transfer us from the camp we had left to the one we sought. A pleasant prospect truly! Stdl there was no use i. 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 Gillmore, Parker. London : Hurst and Black
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