With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze ValleyShanghai Mercury, 1895 - 187 страници |
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... islands . A sight not soon to be forgotten is a herd of swans standing in line like well - drilled soldiers . The usual way in which wild fowl are approached is to sail up to them on the flood in the ordinary Woosung flat - bottomed ...
... islands . A sight not soon to be forgotten is a herd of swans standing in line like well - drilled soldiers . The usual way in which wild fowl are approached is to sail up to them on the flood in the ordinary Woosung flat - bottomed ...
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... islands in its estuary , to say nothing of the long stretch of land bordering the great sea wall ; but the shooter seldom cares to pass the places he knows to search for " pastures new . " The winter bird should be approached by the gun ...
... islands in its estuary , to say nothing of the long stretch of land bordering the great sea wall ; but the shooter seldom cares to pass the places he knows to search for " pastures new . " The winter bird should be approached by the gun ...
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... islands at the mouth of the Yangtze , are capital places for fowl , and a bag such as mentioned might , on a favourable day , without much difficulty , be obtained . SHOOTING FROM BLINDS . " Natural blinds are made of 24 WITH BOAT AND ...
... islands at the mouth of the Yangtze , are capital places for fowl , and a bag such as mentioned might , on a favourable day , without much difficulty , be obtained . SHOOTING FROM BLINDS . " Natural blinds are made of 24 WITH BOAT AND ...
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... Island . Had I had a battery and sunk it in the mud just about the limit of " high water , and covered the float with dry grass , I should have done much better than I did . An " arrangement of this kind would ensure magnificent ...
... Island . Had I had a battery and sunk it in the mud just about the limit of " high water , and covered the float with dry grass , I should have done much better than I did . An " arrangement of this kind would ensure magnificent ...
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... island of Tsungming , in addition to the above , may be found large gaggles of big geese ycleped swan - geese ( Anser cygnoides ) , supposed to rank as the ancestral stock of the indigenous farm - yard goose of the country . Curlews and ...
... island of Tsungming , in addition to the above , may be found large gaggles of big geese ycleped swan - geese ( Anser cygnoides ) , supposed to rank as the ancestral stock of the indigenous farm - yard goose of the country . Curlews and ...
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Страница 181 - ... in the pond. He explained that his friend was in the water; so I waited to see what would happen. After some time his friend landed wearing a large bamboo collar or cangue, and carrying a basket containing a few wild and three tame ducks secured together by a string. He was dressed in goat-skin, with the wool inside: his stockings were stitched to the clothing, and so oiled as to be nearly water-proof. Thus accoutred he immersed his body, using the cangue as a float. On his hat were placed bunches...
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Страница 16 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
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