Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting in the Pine Forests of Acadia, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... young Indian to hang up his fiddle , I informed Paul of the object of my visit . He jumped at my offer of taking him , and said that there were plenty of moose at some distance up the lakes , and that it was a very good time to go out ...
... young Indian to hang up his fiddle , I informed Paul of the object of my visit . He jumped at my offer of taking him , and said that there were plenty of moose at some distance up the lakes , and that it was a very good time to go out ...
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... young spruce fir . He then tried the tone of the instrument by applying it to his lips and uttering a low " quoh , " the grunt pre- paratory to the prolonged bellow of the Cow - moose . No one has ever succeeded in imitating the call of ...
... young spruce fir . He then tried the tone of the instrument by applying it to his lips and uttering a low " quoh , " the grunt pre- paratory to the prolonged bellow of the Cow - moose . No one has ever succeeded in imitating the call of ...
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... young wood as they went . The chase led us through some beautiful forest scenery . The moss , which carpeted the ground , and completely covered the rotten trunks of the wind - falls , was de- liciously soft to the moccasined foot , and ...
... young wood as they went . The chase led us through some beautiful forest scenery . The moss , which carpeted the ground , and completely covered the rotten trunks of the wind - falls , was de- liciously soft to the moccasined foot , and ...
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... young wood had been bitten off recently everywhere around us . We felt confident of getting an answer in the evening , and were sticking a few boughs in a semi - circle to keep the wind off during the night , when rain began to fall ...
... young wood had been bitten off recently everywhere around us . We felt confident of getting an answer in the evening , and were sticking a few boughs in a semi - circle to keep the wind off during the night , when rain began to fall ...
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... young spruces behind , in which we crouched for shelter from the quick sight of the wary brute . For nearly ten minutes we moved not a limb . At length , Paul stood up and made another call . Again the moose answered , but his 174 ...
... young spruces behind , in which we crouched for shelter from the quick sight of the wary brute . For nearly ten minutes we moved not a limb . At length , Paul stood up and made another call . Again the moose answered , but his 174 ...
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