Field and StreamCBS Publications, 1904 - Fishing |
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Page 717
... birds and brown thrushes and red birds and woodpeckers , and dozens more flitting about in the bushes . Here and there delightful. A ...
... birds and brown thrushes and red birds and woodpeckers , and dozens more flitting about in the bushes . Here and there delightful. A ...
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OUR AMERICAN GAME BIRDS Their Life History and Mode of Hunting Them BY F. HENRY YORKE , M.D. , A.O.U. ( Charadrius ... bird is seen leading a flock of sand - pipers or others of that ilk , reminding one of the way an Esqui- mo curlew ...
OUR AMERICAN GAME BIRDS Their Life History and Mode of Hunting Them BY F. HENRY YORKE , M.D. , A.O.U. ( Charadrius ... bird is seen leading a flock of sand - pipers or others of that ilk , reminding one of the way an Esqui- mo curlew ...
Page 730
... bird that performs the same tactics . Many shots are missed by being too quick , but one can be too slow . Do not poke at your birds , and remember that " he who hesitates is lost . " Few flocks or birds come into , or pass by you at ...
... bird that performs the same tactics . Many shots are missed by being too quick , but one can be too slow . Do not poke at your birds , and remember that " he who hesitates is lost . " Few flocks or birds come into , or pass by you at ...
Page 731
... birds my companion shouted , " Get down ! mark north ! " I dropped and we both got a raking shot for our first barrels , picking singles for the left . After gathering up the birds as quickly as possible , I succeeded in placing out ...
... birds my companion shouted , " Get down ! mark north ! " I dropped and we both got a raking shot for our first barrels , picking singles for the left . After gathering up the birds as quickly as possible , I succeeded in placing out ...
Page 761
... birds will be singing their sweet carols and nature will be putting on her most attractive robes . Life will be pleasant , and men will want to stay . But none of this for you , José Maria Martin . The flowers will not bloom for you ...
... birds will be singing their sweet carols and nature will be putting on her most attractive robes . Life will be pleasant , and men will want to stay . But none of this for you , José Maria Martin . The flowers will not bloom for you ...
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Page 871 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 506 - The burden was upon the State to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant Kerr had in his possession or under his control the ducks in question with intent to sell them.
Page 962 - HE killed the noble Mudjokivis, With the skin he made him mittens, Made them with the fur side inside, Made them with the skin side outside, He, to get the warm side inside, Put the inside skin side outside: He, to get the cold side outside, Put the warm side fur side inside: That's why he put the fur side inside, Why he put the skin side outside, Why he turned them inside outside.
Page 482 - He spurned the blandishment of soft-shelled crabs. The pleasures of the table and of the chase, heretofore his only delights, lost their charms for him. He turned his course straight toward the direction whence the cold water came, and for the rest of his life never tasted a mouthful of food.
Page 505 - ... shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $25 or by imprisonment in the Parish Jail (Parish Prison in New Orleans) for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the Court.
Page 483 - ... companions were with him, for the nets cease when there are no more salmon to be caught in them. So he went on, day and night, where the water was deepest, stopping not to feed or loiter on the way, till at last he came to a wild gorge, where the great river became an angry torrent, rushing wildly over a huge staircase of rocks. But our hero did not falter; and summoning all his forces, he plunged into the Cascades. The current caught him and dashed him against the rocks. A whole row of silvery...
Page 761 - May God have mercy on your soul,' but the Court will not assume the responsibility of asking an All-wise Providence to do that which a jury of your peers has refused to do. The Lord could not have mercy on your soul...
Page 506 - Minnesota, on section 21, township 29, and range 23 west, or shall aid or abet another in either of such acts, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished for the first offense with a fine of not more than...
Page 483 - Kootenay, —a great army of salmon, — were with him. In front were thousands pressing on, and behind them were thousands more, all moved by a common impulse which urged them up the Columbia. They were all swimming bravely along where the current was deepest, when suddenly the foremost felt something tickling like a cobweb about their noses and under their chins.
Page 760 - Maria Martin, you have been indicted, tried and convicted by a jury of your countrymen of the crime of murder, and the court is now about to pass upon you the dread sentence of the law. As a usual thing, Jose Maria Martin, it is a painful duty for the judge of a court of justice to pronounce upon a human being the sentence of death.