Red Deer: Natural HistoryLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 320 pages |
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Page 67
... chance , though I do not claim to be a ' professor ' in any one of them . To arrive at a fair conclusion on their respective merits , it would appear advisable to enumerate certain tests by which to try each of them separately , and ...
... chance , though I do not claim to be a ' professor ' in any one of them . To arrive at a fair conclusion on their respective merits , it would appear advisable to enumerate certain tests by which to try each of them separately , and ...
Page 72
... chance . He accord- ingly started , and came home , having killed in fair stalking six stags , one of them with a magnificent head , and fired off seventeen cartridges . The next day was even worse . I again declined . My 72 DEER - ...
... chance . He accord- ingly started , and came home , having killed in fair stalking six stags , one of them with a magnificent head , and fired off seventeen cartridges . The next day was even worse . I again declined . My 72 DEER - ...
Page 96
... chance for their lives than is the case in stalking , or even in the pursuit of any other wild animal so far as I know . Therein consists more than half the pleasure and the whole of the excitement of the sport . Anyone , even he who ...
... chance for their lives than is the case in stalking , or even in the pursuit of any other wild animal so far as I know . Therein consists more than half the pleasure and the whole of the excitement of the sport . Anyone , even he who ...
Page 101
... chance of getting one of this kind is deliberately and voluntarily neglected by the ' gentleman , ' his conduct should not certainly be called in question by the owner of the ground , but it is not wise to give strict orders to the ...
... chance of getting one of this kind is deliberately and voluntarily neglected by the ' gentleman , ' his conduct should not certainly be called in question by the owner of the ground , but it is not wise to give strict orders to the ...
Page 113
... chance of getting through the autumn untouched or not fired at was better than if he had selected for his haunts places more frequented by deer - stalkers . The question will present itself to many of the readers of this chapter - How ...
... chance of getting through the autumn untouched or not fired at was better than if he had selected for his haunts places more frequented by deer - stalkers . The question will present itself to many of the readers of this chapter - How ...
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