Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History ...Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 226 páginas |
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... surprise them while roosting . Even then the chances are many in their favour . The trees are high , and the branches are thick . The slightest noise alarms them ; and of course , when one is fired at , Wild Shooting 43.
... surprise them while roosting . Even then the chances are many in their favour . The trees are high , and the branches are thick . The slightest noise alarms them ; and of course , when one is fired at , Wild Shooting 43.
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... course , when one is fired at , the others take the hint and scuttle away from the immediate neighbour- hood . The pheasant , on the other hand , is an easy shot at all times , and shooting him on his perch is nothing less than butchery ...
... course , when one is fired at , the others take the hint and scuttle away from the immediate neighbour- hood . The pheasant , on the other hand , is an easy shot at all times , and shooting him on his perch is nothing less than butchery ...
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... course of the day , he was compelled to admit that , although gun - cotton sometimes gave very satisfactory results , yet it was not to be depended upon like gunpowder . After knock- ing over one or two more rabbits , we walked down to ...
... course of the day , he was compelled to admit that , although gun - cotton sometimes gave very satisfactory results , yet it was not to be depended upon like gunpowder . After knock- ing over one or two more rabbits , we walked down to ...
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... course given . As we were turning away , I saw a fine pike lying motionless along the edge of the weeds in the millpool . H - said , " We will do the miller a service , and rid him of the destroyer of his ducks . I have heard that you ...
... course given . As we were turning away , I saw a fine pike lying motionless along the edge of the weeds in the millpool . H - said , " We will do the miller a service , and rid him of the destroyer of his ducks . I have heard that you ...
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... course wild shooting varies in character according to place , but I think the foregoing is a pretty fair sample of it . Whether I have made my readers feel as I do about it I do not know , but any way the recital of one day's experience ...
... course wild shooting varies in character according to place , but I think the foregoing is a pretty fair sample of it . Whether I have made my readers feel as I do about it I do not know , but any way the recital of one day's experience ...
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