Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter Naturalist in Three Continents, 1851-1928Gurney and Jackson, 1928 - 353 Seiten |
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... half - standing , half- scrambling among hanging boulders ; and the first hurried bullet crashed upon a hoary rock 6 inches too high . Instantly the boar shifted course , straight in , and the mood changed . . . the situation had ...
... half - standing , half- scrambling among hanging boulders ; and the first hurried bullet crashed upon a hoary rock 6 inches too high . Instantly the boar shifted course , straight in , and the mood changed . . . the situation had ...
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... half - mile . No , nothing is ever " taken unawares " in the sense above suggested . Equal physical conditions apply to either the hunter or the hunted . All is governed by the fixed rules of fieldcraft and by the rigour of the game ...
... half - mile . No , nothing is ever " taken unawares " in the sense above suggested . Equal physical conditions apply to either the hunter or the hunted . All is governed by the fixed rules of fieldcraft and by the rigour of the game ...
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... half - hour , we ( Ternent and the Author ) had enjoyed one of those rarer spells of anglers ' luck . Straight up a long dark pool - or rather two pools , since a transverse rock- ridge , just awash , crossed its centre - blew a strong ...
... half - hour , we ( Ternent and the Author ) had enjoyed one of those rarer spells of anglers ' luck . Straight up a long dark pool - or rather two pools , since a transverse rock- ridge , just awash , crossed its centre - blew a strong ...
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abundant Africa already anglers animals antelopes appear Arcos beast big-game bird-life birds BONELLI'S EAGLE BOOTED EAGLE Borders British British East Africa Bush-veld bustard CHAPTER colour colour-protection Coto Doñana course crags Crawhall creatures dark dawn Desert ducks eggs equally eyes face fact feathered feet fish flamingoes flight geese Grédos grey grouse guns hour Houxty human hunter ibex inches Joseph Crawhall keepers lammergeier later less lion lynx marbled ducks marisma miles moreover morning Nature's nests never nevertheless North Tyne Norway numbers once oryx passed realised recognised remain river roan antelopes salmon Sanctuary Savage Sudan scent season seen sense shooting shot Sierra sight single Spain Spanish Spanish ibex SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE species speed spot spring stag Sudan termite to-day trout Unexplored Spain Vasquez vast vultures waterbuck White Nile whole wigeon Wild Spain wild-life wilderness wildfowl winter yards zebra