Forest and stream . along the surface we saw seven gathered near together, allattention. Hastily reloading we couuted and shot, notwishing to take them on the wing among the trees. Threeremained while the rest went on, two of which we afterwardgot. Returning we got a few more rabbits, and as wereached town after the worst walking 1 ever had, chilled andvery near played out, R. had 5 rabbits, 1 chicken, 2 pheasants, while I had 6 rabbits, 1 chicken, 3 pheasants; R. 8,myself 10; so the single barrel held its own stoutly againstthe double. , la. Foreclawof the Big
Forest and stream . along the surface we saw seven gathered near together, allattention. Hastily reloading we couuted and shot, notwishing to take them on the wing among the trees. Threeremained while the rest went on, two of which we afterwardgot. Returning we got a few more rabbits, and as wereached town after the worst walking 1 ever had, chilled andvery near played out, R. had 5 rabbits, 1 chicken, 2 pheasants, while I had 6 rabbits, 1 chicken, 3 pheasants; R. 8,myself 10; so the single barrel held its own stoutly againstthe double. , la. Foreclawof the Big Forest and Stream:I send you an exact size sketch of the foreclaw of the biggrizzly which P., your most able correspondent and RockyMountain hunter, killed, and a full account of which ap-peared in your columns in the Christmas number. me this claw just before the time of your publication,as a gift and curiosity. It is referred to in his article and Ithink a published sketch of it will prove interesting and. furnish an item of authentic history for the naturalist. Theboys and the beginners with the rifle and at hunting willlook upon it with a kind of cold shudder, and the city andvillage expert will have to admit that there is no tender-foot about this bear nor about P. either. I often see,Mr. Editor, your two young half-grown grizzlies in theCentral Park menagerie. In their new iron-grated cagethey always attract crowds to see them. There are otherspecies of bear mixed with them, but there are none whoseclaws seem more striking than theirs. As they have accessto a hole in the rock forsleeping, and the privileges of climb-ing the rock by day, it is presumable they sometimes imag-ine they are in their native mountains themselves, and thusfor the moment they appear to be as happy as two youngcubs.—Maj. H. W. Merrill. Mr. Prtn-gles Snipe Score.—A correspondent wishesfull details of Mr. Pringles famous snipe score in Louisanasome years ago. Can any of our readers furni
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