The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-14
How 10 Hunt ana Team.

| How 20 Hunt ana Trnp.
Undcr the above title J. II. BATrY has
made. and Albert COgswcll has published a
| book ut once useful to the lover Of wild sports
| and entertaining to tho general reader. This
volume bears the marks Of an cxuorts thorough
| Acquaintance with the subjects OF which he
treats. Tho hints and directions with which II
abounds arc explicit and intclligibr. and tho
range Of tho authors personal experience
seems to bc exceptional. Minute Instructions
| are given for hunting not only such wild ami
mails rs are still TO be met with in the more set
| tied districts hut also the larger game found in
| the North and remote WRIST including the elk.
| moose. antelope, and buffalo There are sug-
| gcstions also. M to the specific localities in
witch hunt for the larger and raror species
| OF game ia most likely To prove successful. Al
| together Mr. Batty Inns given ms volume
which those who mean TO pass the midsummer
| days amid the woods. or on the lakes in a canoe
| or In the saddle. will 10 well to mako u pocket
| companion.
Among the most interesting chapters oi this
work ara those In which the author relates his
experience in hunting the caribou. moose and
| elk. The caribou is the reindeer Of America.
| and inhnbits the region north of the forty-nnth
| parallel though n few stray over the line and
| are seen in Montana and Minnesota. They are
| found In small bands amid the forests ~ Nova
| Scotia. whore in the summer they seek the cool
spruce swrmps TO feed on lichens and fungi
and to cscap" the annoying insects. Mr. Bntty
assures rs that II any animal will give an ANA
| tour hunter the buck foyer II ia caribou when
he appears tearing road through the UNDER
brush when alarmed and headed caribou
invariably take the back trail and such Is their
tremendous speed that very few men can boast
| OF killing them at short range. Even through
| deep snow with heavy crust this creature can
plough his way with amazing rapidity. AMI the IL
| lustrations sometimes seen of hunters on snow
shoes over,aking him and cutting his thront
! are affirmed 10 be pure works Of the magma
ton. The skin OF the caribou is said TO be- the
finest for hunters clothing. resisting water
much better than deer. elk. or buffalo hide and
outwcaring any other sort of peltry. When
tanned it is ~ soft as kid. and the wind will not
penetrate it. but a thick coat should be worn
under 1t in winter the proximity OF caribou
skin to the wearer's flesh producing cold and
| disagrecaLle sensation.
The elk. whose noble size shnpey form. and
| towering nntcrs well cntiile them 70 be called
the monarch Of the deer family was once
common enough in the Carolinas and even on
Long Island. but are now seldom found 10 the
east Of the Rocky Mountains Tho first seen 10y
the writer Of this book was on tho Mountain Of
tho Holy Cross. one Of the highest OF the Sierra
Madre range. He was encamped. he tells us.
IN aguIch not Tar from the summit OF this peak.
whom he heard the peculiar whistle Of tho elk.
who presently jumped from II quaking ash
thickot and sped through tho saplings with
| such grace OF motion and hectness Of foot that
tho veteran hunter felt n momentary pang at
the thought OF destroying the peerless creature.
| When startled, elk throw back their heads until
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