Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-02
HUNTING IN sAeELAND.
Incidents OF u Recent Excursion to
the South Fork OF the Humboldt.


EUREKA, New, August 81, 1879.
EDITOR SENTINEL: 1t is remarkable thai
a man should seek to justify, in the minds
of his fellows, eccentricities of thought OF
action; yet so it is, for vanity is strong
and /, who am for a sportsman, an humble
and somewhat retieent individual and
modest withal, am still anxious to appear
to those who know me, and to those who do
not, as a fair acting and reasonable man.
NY noticeable characteristics are a fond
ness for-I may call them old battlefelds,
hunting grounds, once prolific in the high
est degree, but now through a long process
of depletion offering as q counter attrac-
ton to more virgin grounds only the
memory Of men and incidents, and a mod
crate supply Of game.
Every year, with several brother sports
men, in the bright and warm month Of
August or the breezy and healthy month
| of October, 1 set out for my nnual cam
| paign of recreation and amusement. As
may be easily imagined, l am somewhat
careless as to the usually important item
Of ''bag." in such expeditions. Not as
| young, and perhaps less sacrificing than
when it was my won to freeze in the biting
cold Of a November morning, patiently
and happily killing ducks with which to
regale expectant friends and swell youth
full complacency, 1 am still fond Of rod and
gun activity; satisfied at times with more
passive pleasures.
Our favorite camping ground is the
South Fork Of the Humboldt river. 1t is
still pleasing to the eye, and doubly so this
year, on account Of the b~arrenness Of the
surrounding country; and was natural
picturesqueness its only attraction might
claim admirers. But the fishing and bird
shooting are tolerably good even now,
though the deer have departed.
When we make up a party to go on q
two-weeks' deer hunt, co%ngeniality Of the
members is a prominent consideration,
and upon this occasion we could not have
made a better selection. We go to benefit
and enjoy ourselves physically, socially,
intellectually, and, last but not least, gas
ironically.
What feature Of a hunt does the sports
man enjoy more than, when tired and hun
CRY, he draws himself up to a bountiful
game dinner, and knows he can take as
much time as he wishes to eat it, while
stories, incidents and jest flow unrestrained
around the joyial throng, a spice to the re-
past and an aid to digestion?
Among all the good things furnished the
SENTINEL, | have yet to see what / now
propose to hand you-a sportsman's bill Of
fare, and one which we have enjoyed on
numerous OCCASIONS. Kind reader, wait
until you are hungry, and then read it:
BILL OF FARE FOR DINNER
A soft whisky toddy roast venison-
hunters style; broiled prairie chicken /;
fried fawn's liver fricasseed prairie chick
en- cold boiled ham baked pork and
beans; new potatoes, boiled; roasted
sweet potatoes new green peas; chow
chow and cucumber pickles, shrimp salad,
canned peaches, fresh ranch butter, hot
slap-jacks, cold bread, and tea and coffee,
with cream and sugar.
Ye gods how Gimblet enjoyed it.
Our bag consisted of three deer, several
messes of fine front, and any quantity of
birds.
The monotony Of camp life is broken in
various ways-by a social game OF cards,
the loading OF shells, the cleaning of guns,
the concocting and carrying into effect Of
practical jokes, such as snipe sacking for
instance, which was perpetated on two Of
our unsuspecting companions and any
one wishing to learn how to hold the sack
properly, will be informed by calling on
them. Dunn vivimus vivamus." G.. L.