 ... the blood that has gushed from its side, discloses the course which it has taken. We soon reach the spot. There lies the buck, its tongue out, its eye dim, its breath exhausted : it is dead. The hunter draws his knife, cuts the buck's throat almost...  The Sportsman - Sida 106Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Russell, John Goldsbury - 1845 - 292 sidor
...knife, and, having made the necessary cut, to allow the blood to escape, prepares to skin his prize. For this purpose he hangs it upon the branch of a...with a strap, and walks off in search of more game. RULE FOR THE READING OF VIVID DESCRIPTION. EXERCISE LII. THE BARNSTABLE BOY.— J. 0. Palfrey. The... | |
 | William Russell, John Goldsbury - 1845 - 300 sidor
...the hams, and abandoning the rest of the carcass to the wolves and vultures, reloads his gun, flmgs the venison, enclosed by the skin, upon his back,...with a strap, and walks off in search of more game. RULE FOR THE READING- OF VIVID DESCRIPTION. EXERCISE LII. THE BARNSTABLE BOY. — JG Palfrty. The duck... | |
 | William Russell, John Goldsbury - 1845 - 302 sidor
...cuts off the hams, and abandoning the rest of the carcass to the wolves and vultures, reloads his gnn, flings the venison, enclosed by the skin, upon his...with a strap, and walks off in search of more game. RULE FOB THE READING OF VIVID DESCRIPTION. EXERCISE LIL THE BARNSTABLE BOY.— /. O. Palfrey. The duck... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1859 - 332 sidor
...animal had laid itself down among the grass, in a thicket of grape vines, sumachs, and spruce bushes, where it intended to repose during 'the middle of...search of more game, well knowing that in the immediate neighborhood, another at least is to be found. Had the weather been warmer, the hunter would have sought... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1859 - 334 sidor
...is removed, he cuts off the hams, and abandoning the rest of the carcass to the wolves and Cultures, reloads his gun, flings the venison, enclosed by the...search of more game, well knowing that in the immediate neighborhood, another at least is to be found. Had the weather been warmer, the hunter would have sought... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1869 - 460 sidor
...place is covered with blood, the hoofs of the deer have left deep prints in the ground, as it bounded in the agonies produced by its wound ; but the blood...search of more game, well knowing that in the immediate neighborhood another at least is to be found. " Had the weather been warmer, the hunter would have... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - 1889 - 332 sidor
...repose during the middle of the day. The place is covered with blood, the hoofs of the deer have loft deep prints in the ground, as it bounced in the agonies...search of more game, well knowing that in the immediate neighborhood, another at least is to be found. Had the weather been warmer, the hunter would have Bought... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1894 - 460 sidor
...draws his knife, cuts the buck's throat almost asunder, and prepares to skin it. For this pur pose he hangs it upon the branch of a tree. When the skin...reloads his gun, flings the venison, enclosed by the skill, upon his back, secures it with a strap, and walks off in search of more game, well knowing that... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1897 - 692 sidor
...animal had laid itself down among the grass in a thicket of grape-vines, sumach, and spruce bushes, where it intended to repose during the middle of the...of more game, well knowing that, in the immediate neighborhood, another at least is to be found. Had the weather been warmer, the hunter would have sought... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1900 - 468 sidor
...hunter draws his knife, cuts the buck's throat almost asunder, and prepares to skin it For this pur pose he hangs it upon the branch of a tree. When the skin...search of more game, well knowing that in the immediate neighborhood another at least is to be found. " Had the weather been warmer, the hunter would have... | |
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