The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-05

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man to his taste and a taste to every one"
do we readily accountfor our dislike 20 bird
shooting and game killing generally-we
might as we'll add that we are "constitu-
tionally tired" also, which is no character
istic of the huntsman--we have great par.
tiality for birds when they sing well, and no
particular objection to them-that we know
tof-when they are served up ala mode az
ourtriend Pebble does them sometimes, but
we never think of shooting tAem; that's too
much like work !! If we place it upon the
score of economy it's too expensive, for it
frequently happens that one spends as much
time killing one partridge as would pay for
Whale roast of No. Beef, with the neces.
sary trimmings, condiments, &C., including
glass or two of genuine Sherry, or gener-
GUS old Madeira. Then people are as liable
/ to shoot themselves as to shoe the birds, for
the immutable law of accidents makes no
exceptions in favor5of .pot-hunters. A man
that plays with gunpowder has no more
right to grHmble at q premature EXP losion
than has his neighbours wife, who was burn
ed by an accidental explosion of the fluid
lamp. As the famous Cotton says in his
"Lacon," tiger hunting is most exciting
and exhileratng amusement, SO long as you
hunt the tiger-we wish itunderstood that
we are speaking of field sports now, and
when we say3"ti ger, /" we mean the genuine
article which is to be found 10 the jung giles of
India, and not that "animap which inhabits
the jungles Of the city-but when the tiger
hunts you, as has often been the ease, then The
sensations are very different-that's a gray
horse of another color-and this sentiment is
as appropriate to the banks of the Elizabeth
as it is to the banks of the Ganges. We
have read lately of very many accidents to
sportsmen while out cunning, which if emu
merated, would astonish our readers; how
ever, men will shoot, and men will be shot;
a dozen items to the contrary nevertheless
Notwithstanding. q - -. ~ ., 80
We have written pretty long preface to
the document which we give below, and
have no doubt but at least one half of our
twenty thousand readers will call it senti.
ment; we'll sentiment let it be; nevertheless
notwithstanding, we give it for what it is
worth; and will further add that the surest
panacea for sporting mania is to be bit by
the "tiger," or get a load of duck shot ia
your side from premature explosion, and
two or three paragraphs in the local columns
of the newspapers. But it's too melancholy
subject to jest about, and we presume our
thoughts wandered off to keep tune with the
dark, cloudy, murky, hazy, rainy, drizzly,
sloppy and melancholy weather, for we hops
that our readers will never have such rem
edy applied to them. But the .sdocument
which started us We come now to that, it
is anonymous, which initiates against it,
butt is brief, which is quite an argument
in its favor; then it is pretty we'll worded,
and our anonymous friend, who writes 3
fair hand, would With a course of lessons in
syntax and photography, make very 60 cd
reporter: ,s l-gS 8sIl
- Field Sports = Havoc an,ongthe DacksI!
"A party of three gentlemen lately went
out on the marches OF Currituck, and killed
in two hours one hundred and sixty-seye en-
wild ducks!! This is the best time on re-
cord, and challenge the Sporting Clubs,
Callenders or Chronicles to produce any.
thing like it. The birds were all secured,
snd those of them which were served up,
were of the most delicious flavor. 1t weuld
be well to say that these gentlemen were
from Baltimore; fare amateurs, and came
down prepared for the SPORT"
The above was signed "Nimrod" -be-dad,
but It might have been signed Ramrod, and
not far out of the way. Well, all we can
say to our anonymous correspondent is that
we hope it's not clash in the pan," and in
imitation Of his enthusiasm, we cry, e Plx-
ribns Unum, which means, "Plenty more
where they come FROM sl.. 81.
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