. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 68 Bear-Hunting in the l: Hunters sonictimcs entrap him by placing in liis patli a vess(,'l containing wliisky made very sweet with honey. Bruin is easily in- toxicated, and very human in his ilrunken antics. I have seen liim kilUxl by negroes while lying helpless upon his back catching at the clouds; but such slaughter is unsportsmanlike, and no true himter would resort to it. P)Ut old Asa and the dogs are off down the lake-sule, and
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 68 Bear-Hunting in the l: Hunters sonictimcs entrap him by placing in liis patli a vess(,'l containing wliisky made very sweet with honey. Bruin is easily in- toxicated, and very human in his ilrunken antics. I have seen liim kilUxl by negroes while lying helpless upon his back catching at the clouds; but such slaughter is unsportsmanlike, and no true himter would resort to it. P)Ut old Asa and the dogs are off down the lake-sule, and we fol- low in single file. Here, indeed, is the hunter's paradise. Mocks of mallard, teal, and wild duck, covering acres of surface-, are floating lazily u|){)n the limpid water ; on the other side, a doze i swans are graccfull)- glid- ing along. .\ flock of ungainly pelicans, with their huge mandibles scooping after minnows, waddle al)out the opposite shore. The wild goose is heard overhead, while the sentinel of the flock on the water replies. The while aiul blue crane-, motionless as the sentinels of Pompeii, line the shore. The tall cypressits in the lake, with their fringed foliage, lift their weinl knctes out of the water and look lonely and desolate ; while the oaks and gums upon the shore, drapetl in clinging vines, fc:stooned wi'h moss, and reflected in the lake, add to the somber picture of the wilderness. The sycamores an'.' cotton- woods are of immense size, some being ten feet in diameter. â >-:*r,y- ^^ ,â¦*⢠.* »^ â y. .â â ».' lie* .V. -* ' * * ' ***** ' j^AtMl^i~ .-^^ ! i 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 Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Century
Size: 2667px × 937px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectfishing, booksubjecthunting, bookyear
