Identifier: huntingtrappings00pric (find matches)
Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ke a long ride following the shape of a half moon, so as to head oH the held, f poLibl ° After a long gallop the party suddenly came in sig- t .^ e valley The hunters then saw a sight which they are never likely to forget. r far as the eye could reach the land seemed one mo^■lng mass of animals. The -aichmem accustomed to estimating the number o sheep, in arge h ■ Is b gin to ask each other how many Spring Boks could be seen. When they had all looked closely they agreed that there must have been nearly hah a million animals in si;^ht. . , , -u tu^ After a while the leaders of the herd came up quite close to where themen were standing and immediately everyone opened fire at short range.?he cracks of the Hfles terrified the herd, and they began a mad stampedeFo some tin e the aninrals could be seen rushing about in all directions, andIn ■ verything was blotted out in the huge cloud of dust nused by their w d,rshinl fLt. Occasionally there would be a break m the dust cloud and .he
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SPRlNG-BOkS .MIGRATING. A MI(,R.\IIO\ OF Till- SIKIXG BOK5^ hunters couicl sec that the mighty band was still moving swiftly on. Themen shc^ until they were tired, and succeeded in kilhng many more than theycould carry away. Toward sundown the last of the herd passed north,followed by an army of birds of prey, jackals, hyenas, and an occasionalleopard. The wild animals were so intent upon killing the Spring Boks thatfor a while they seemed to leave each other alone, and a band of hyenas andjackals would be seen running almost within springing distance of a lion. As a rule, the Spring Bok is rather a difficult animal to shoot. A hunteronce spent a whole day trying to get within gun shot of a small herd. Heknew that if they once got wind of, or caught sight of, him, the whole herduould vanish as if by magic. At length, after long waiting, he made hisway to a rock from behind which he was able to take aim. Just as he wasabout to raise his rifle he noticed not a hundred yards away a movem

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