Thirty Years of ShikarW. Blackwood & Sons, 1895 - 373 páginas |
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... fired away at dozens . Do any of my readers know whence the snipe come and what instinct directs their migrations ? They come into Great Britain and Ireland in the early winter , say in November : that is the season , also , in which ...
... fired away at dozens . Do any of my readers know whence the snipe come and what instinct directs their migrations ? They come into Great Britain and Ireland in the early winter , say in November : that is the season , also , in which ...
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... knows no twilight I might have bagged eight or ten couple if I had shot there then , but I resisted the temptation , and fired not at all : to - morrow I promised myself a splendid bag out of that swarm . 34 THIRTY YEARS OF SHIKAR .
... knows no twilight I might have bagged eight or ten couple if I had shot there then , but I resisted the temptation , and fired not at all : to - morrow I promised myself a splendid bag out of that swarm . 34 THIRTY YEARS OF SHIKAR .
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... fired guns at each other — I suppose by way of demonstration , for never during my time was any brother hit by fratricidal shot or bullet . I fancy a few of the retainers were killed in these domestic conflicts ; but the world heard ...
... fired guns at each other — I suppose by way of demonstration , for never during my time was any brother hit by fratricidal shot or bullet . I fancy a few of the retainers were killed in these domestic conflicts ; but the world heard ...
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... fired at a distance of 3 or 4 feet only . I might have been a more successful shikari during my first two years in the Damun - i - koh but for two distractions that made very serious inroads upon my time - to wit , jungle - fever , and ...
... fired at a distance of 3 or 4 feet only . I might have been a more successful shikari during my first two years in the Damun - i - koh but for two distractions that made very serious inroads upon my time - to wit , jungle - fever , and ...
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... fired their carbines , and retreated : our foremost infantry , who had seen nothing of those sowars , opened fire into space , and into the body of a harmless villager who happened to be in the line of fire ; and then our rear - guard ...
... fired their carbines , and retreated : our foremost infantry , who had seen nothing of those sowars , opened fire into space , and into the body of a harmless villager who happened to be in the line of fire ; and then our rear - guard ...
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