The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1871 - 568 Seiten |
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... range . If now the hunter does not discover himself , one at least of the remaining antelopes is often easily bagged . The survivors dart away for a moment from the side of their fallen comrade , but do not go far , often return , and ...
... range . If now the hunter does not discover himself , one at least of the remaining antelopes is often easily bagged . The survivors dart away for a moment from the side of their fallen comrade , but do not go far , often return , and ...
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... range of one hundred and fifty yards , and without apparent inconvenience shamble away on a leisurely cow - trot , up the draw toward his comrade . " Cuss his tough hide ! " ejaculated John Gilbert . " Why didn't we shoot for him in the ...
... range of one hundred and fifty yards , and without apparent inconvenience shamble away on a leisurely cow - trot , up the draw toward his comrade . " Cuss his tough hide ! " ejaculated John Gilbert . " Why didn't we shoot for him in the ...
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... range , and an inevitability of keenness , scarcely surpassed by those of any quadruped running wild on our con- tinent . Crouch and crawl where you may , you can- not enter the main herd without half a dozen pair of them successively ...
... range , and an inevitability of keenness , scarcely surpassed by those of any quadruped running wild on our con- tinent . Crouch and crawl where you may , you can- not enter the main herd without half a dozen pair of them successively ...
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... range . Being somewhat of an enthusiast in hunting as well as everything else , and having no animal disguises at hand to aid me in the former method , I resolved , after our repeated failures recorded above , to try the latter manner ...
... range . Being somewhat of an enthusiast in hunting as well as everything else , and having no animal disguises at hand to aid me in the former method , I resolved , after our repeated failures recorded above , to try the latter manner ...
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... range . The buggy was to keep as close on our rear as it was able . Following this arrangement , we marched out from the shadow of the cotton - woods , and began pushing slowly through the grass toward our game . The sentries focused ...
... range . The buggy was to keep as close on our rear as it was able . Following this arrangement , we marched out from the shadow of the cotton - woods , and began pushing slowly through the grass toward our game . The sentries focused ...
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