The Democratic Whig., 1843-05-18
fFnom ne London Neu Sporting Maarsins
! POLISH WOLFE SH0OTING.


a sport, and as such | consider Il may
be welcome 10 the pages Of your Msg.
azine. Whether any paper on a slmi-
lar subject has ever yet appeared,
really cannot positively say, but Ira
ther think not give il nearly YER
batim.
After the peace Of Tilsit, the corps
fa1mee Of marshal Davoust took ur
their quarters IL Poland. My regi.
ment was quartered near Blone, in The
neighborhood Of Warsaw. Billeusd
myself in the house Of Count Lasseul
iu the little village Of Cozerki, / re-
assumed, as had ever done when my
duties permitted me to do so, the char.
acter Of a sportsman. l frequently
hlled my game bag, and often me-
with much success. On one occasion
killed q wolf, fact Of which l was SC
proud that when the peasant brough
it home TO me, | carried it down in tri
umph to my host, and bOasting exhib-
tied il to him.
is that alp asked the Count, with
rather a sneer at the poverty Of my
sport; is that oil you can dor Why
my friend, if you like that kind o
shooting, | can at once CRAFTY you.
will show you a mode by which you
may kill ten or a dozen larger wolye:
than that any morning you choose
that is, ifyou think it worth the trouble
The Iroublei I'd travel a hundred
miles to enjoy such sport
well then what say you tO-mor.
rowr
with all my heart replied I, ant
| retired 10 my room to prepare for the
treat which awaited me.
The earth was covered with deer
snow, and the weather was remBrka
bly cold. At day-braak was arou
sed and invited 10 enter a sledge' drawI
by four horses, and in which | founC
The Count already ensconced, warmly
wrapped up in furs. AS we wer'
starting, the servant threw in unde
our feet a young sucking pig, which
began squealing out in such a name
thpt l could scarcely bear its shril
cries.
Good gracious, sir!' l demanded
What is this noisy brute placed her
for.
You'll see bye and bye. Sit quiet
and I'll fulfil my PROMISE
'Ah! it is for our breakfast, suppose
Surely if this be the case, you had bet
ter have it killed before starting,
BE quiet, we have ample provisions
without eating this little ANIMAL" ant
my friend again relapsed into smoking
silence, drawing on his ample meer
shaun for present enjoyment.
The horses now plunged into thi
forest at foil gallOp. The little pi
tired Of squealing, had become mute
[ confess the whole affair puzzled me
When we had travelled about thre
leagues, the Count suddenly addresse
me.
Pull his ear.
Whose earl,
The pigs
/ / did so, and the little thing bega
crying out in the most piercing an
pileous manner, making the whole 70
est around ring with its shril! voie'
| In less than FIVE minutes three larg
wolves appeared and started off
pursuit ofthe sledge. now understOo
| for the first time, that our suckin
friend was to act as a decoy to attra
| these ravenous animals.
Although as yet too far of to just
" a shot at them, was still doubtiI
! whether / would not take pop at the
,, when the thassear suddenly threw dow
a small pigs skin stuffed with strat
which he had attached TO the sledl
: By a cord some twenty or thirty yaft
long. The instant he did so, the "
racious monsters, thinking thar our i
: lie squealer had fallen out, sprang 70
ward to seize their victim, almost tuF
bling over each other to secure d
prize.
In a moment more the Count an
myself had cred with such precisio
that two wolves lay stretched on 9
road.
what SPLENDID sporP cried d
lighted al my performance.
'Wait little. have not ful6lle
: my promise. We viii not return u
Ill a dozen more are shot
!, The slsdge kept moving rapidly &
! In about a quarter ofan hour we aga
!, had recourse to our noisy decOy, a
by repeating the same stFaiagem Of /
|, stuffed pig, once more enveigl
2 the hungry inhabitants ofths VOC
within he range Of our rifles. n