Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-02-02
HUNTING ADVENTURES IN THE FOR.
ESTS OF LIE MORVAaN.

LIE Morvan is a charming and picture sque fores
district of France region Of verure and wild sports
repteIe with resources both for health and adventure.
II is extensive ntry, and possesses the nes'
delightful cIimate 0f any in France. There Is ut.e
rain the sky is serene, and the temperature geha
and Tracing. In the woods OccasIon'i trDPests or'
cur but they are succeeded BY a delicious coeness
and innumsrable perfumes The real %ealth OF me
district however is it's forests, wlIcil--lhek and
dark and formed Of ancient oaks maple, and spread
inc beech-coysr nearly 200, 009 acres OF ground.
These forests are full OF game and within their
friendly shadows the sportsman may vary his pleas
ures fancy Dictates The woods abound SIN deer
the plains with rabbits and the tlnid hare; and IN
thssyiney yards during The merry of the vn-
ace, the red-egged Parridges are bagged by bushels
Here the sporlsnlanm watch, in The open glide l"T
the treachercus wild cat and the bounding roebuck;
or, pIungng into the dark OF The GIens come
face to face with the grizzly boar, and light, single
handed the ferocious wolf. These iorests TOO; are
dotted here and there with villages, Inhabited by a
simple peasaniry, who cherish among ulein many OF
the primitive customs of their forefahers and inherit
also their industry and frugaliiy The predictions OF
the plains are nu;nerous wheat rye, hemp oats, and
flax, being the chief the grape Is cultivated on The
ino1ntan-sides, and around the forest homeseads
many kIne cluster, sweetening the morning air with
their dairy smell, end forming fit accompaniment
TO The songs of ligIthearted and beautiful peasant
girls.
Here and there, in shady hooks of the Forest ars
large pools of water the drainage of the hills above
tho aggregations of many little mountain streams,
which tinkle along the green giades, aud water Innu-
InerabIe flowers and waving ferns, they hasten
along on their mission Of fertility. These pools are
called mares, and are of such different dimensions,
and differently placed, 10 be diVSibie into three
kinds. Those hich situated in the deepest and
the resort OF deer, w Ives
and wild boars, who come stealthly at midnight 10
Stake their thirst in the water. which, shut IL with
wall of verdure, and rooted with innumerable |
green boughs, quite red-up in the feTcest
heat of summer. Those which in open
Earls of the forest visited by such large game
bet are the of thousands of little birds, which
cOu n lash n N ne n
Vulnerable echoes they thank hravcn for each
draught of drink. The third kind those which
lie the skirts of villages, the banks of which get
well trodden by the repeated visits of the pail and
pitcher, and the thirsty cattle.
: In the violent heats of July and August, when the
heritage is parched and the creatures OF the forest lie
in their overpowered with heat, larger
silent woman at key-hOle; but sOon-
has the gone down than these woody and reaiy
hooks filled with strange noises, like those of
ariary, The thousand songs of thousand different
kinds of birds varying with the dull notes of the
cuckoo and the PlaintIve cooling OF the doves AT I
first hundreds of birds arrive 10 gossip, 10 battle, and
10 drink then hares and rabbits; then The graceful
deer their large, open eyes, watchtul of every sad
ow, with noiseless tread crop the fresh herb
age and enjoy the cool The sportsman, con +,
ceaiing himself in the thicket, may bring :.
down the noble buck and send the troop, wild with
alright, back into the blark But no pull ;,
not the triggers how nature WPaves The warp Of :.
lie with the wool of another There crowds -
of deer pressing to the waters edge; they prick their
ears, and turn the wind they smell danger, and -
would fly, but it IS too ate-they are chained in ter "
to the spot; the wolves have closed in upon them
from behind, and with suIIen roar. rush in multi ~
tudes from every side Of the forest upon them. All h.
is blood and agony the forest swes up with the -,
heliish yes OF the savage brutes, each his
victim by the throat; and during quarter of an hour I
nothing but carnage ard horror possess the midnight
woods The slaughter over, the wretches vanish like 40
demons the turf, and silence regns again ere r.
morning dawns Before the blrebeIl, heavy with =,
dew mods 10 the foxglov and the awakening wood ~
lark The young awns, lost in the wild ravines bea,
Tor The mothers whom they will more and the ~
wild boar, leaving his lurking place. in his turn
% the scene of bloodshed 10 plunge his heavy body ~
n the waters, and luxuIate in the Shiny mud If
These mares the chosen hauats Of The sports of
nan they afford him every variety Of game and are
Is bewllching in their sylvan beauty and loneliness WI
10 they are attractive In their ample stocks of game bo
It's forest rule, that upon the discovery of mare Ih
shooting is erected its margin and when once fro
becomes established hunting place. he who ar rio
ives al II first al nj remains rossessoI ill morn. lin
ng only one sportsman being allowed at one time til,
nd The game being invariably trapped shot after toe
lghtta 10 gain possession of one OF these hmts be-
very siraagem is fair; once ensconced within, the thi
inter sIts Ike Solomon his throne and if bic
nOther one arrives cooy pops his hea and asks Or
Im what's o'clock, or recommends him 10 travel ba,
mother eight ten miles another very fine mare SIN
here he arrives, perhaps to find that occupied also
"s 'o'e' ana 'ie sportsman sIts In his hunt the
lg-box Hares and rabbits scuttle about but his his
owder Is Tor nobler victims. The bucks are on wi
eH way ana The She-wolf is raising her head ma
Dove The thcket. Every gust OF wind brings III Adj
ngs oil some fresh arrival: squirrel a weasel and
osses the path the waving branches are fall Of Adj
yseilous sounds and the heart thuI=ps under the see
lnteTs jacket with irrePressble excitement; he Won
asPs his rifle with rmer clutch, and he chances al Won
8 hnntlng.knlte with anxiety. The branches Weld Cha
Inc weight OF some animal: The moon rises and
q roe-bucks heard in the distance: then the ron
eP OF Inc wolves; and afterwards the rush of the ont
ar. The hunter, flied with wild joy threads torn
I'm ms Keen eye the gloomy labyrnths of the thick boa
and, surrounded with danger and wild romance frin
ers out from his lonely hut and takes his choice Of I
ctims. lO
One ct the most frequent objects of the sporsman's
Morvan w "hlch 6aunts the forests Of in h
nn-,mn;,i ga 49,, ana aIords inHumerabe raci
Pouhiies lot the exercise of skill and paence mid
&c %ooocock is lazy, melancholy, misanlhropic sv
wear III ,s "?se Lolests curing the whole OF only
MING tsdinS 10 -, O'eI european ounEIes per- asPe
'nihs of May June, July, and August. thew are
"A wsatbr 49, Pp' oul al me hTsi approach of eyes
mselVes In the high grass or fern, and live an liz
i-socal and selfish life, amid the shelter of tho H.;
ss' The woodcoeH is dainty morsel and benco nIod
sportsman Is solicItous of its capture both bv ii.iI
re and gun. Requiring other elements of han. 1ooy
ess IMAM moonlight, rest, and few worms it sell The
guns lis retreat by daylight; but as soon as vbi,
ght comes,sI saies forth in all its SIMPLICITY VIII
POKE lis long beak into the grass and falls into the no 81
'nat lies In lis way. The fayorite way of and
Inen Isl to choose forest path well covered FAT al
fxyias ~ Suteo Dy lew stray moonbeams. shep
cd 80 - -, oieS are cut, and The path at i'm
ca SO as 10 allow only two woodcocks To Will bioo