The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-11
sPORrJNc ADVENTURES IN III
RAR WEST.

Our readers, Fin hundreds Of inst
snces, will remember John 4ostioes
Murphy. Of Portlsod and Puget 6ousd
during the period rsnging from 1870
to 1874. He has jsst bad book pau.
lished By Harper Brothers. % sport
ing Adventures In the Fer Wese," ol
which We find the seview following in
. New Yosk paper:
Sportsmen, like posts. We sppFshspd
are born, not msde; asd u there eves
was . msn Who came into life with .
strong bent fos spot.isg. Il certainly ID
Mr.. John Mortimer Murphy. The asthoe
of this volume. Hs +. Il 10 Distaka
not, an Esgiishmsn. Dsven years. be
tells Us, be has been wsadeees In thu
Far West, In pursuit u ssns. although
he does not happss 70 Asvs beee II
haste 20 give the world tie rssalt Al
his experience. for . portion a the
seven years wes ct time before rail-.
ways were known thess ed wAsa very
few whites, sxssPe the tsoePs, wers
found 10 regions which now count thsis
inhabitants BY Thousands. Almost
every sort of creature which runs on
fsur legs was game 70 NJ. Murphy. ood
each Of his eighties chapters. ave the
first, il devoted - . single animal
Thus he treats in sueoessisa q thu
grizzly bsar. tho black bs1g, - os1eel
and lynxs, tho grey wolR, ths psaiFi>
wolf, the buffalo. the moose. The elk o.
wspiti. the mule deer. the black tai
and Virainis desr snd thsis varieties
the astj[spo of Prong hesn. tie Reeby
Mountain goat. sbs big hnsn o. mount
ain sheep. foxes. hares. rsccooos. opos'
SONS and the squirrel end other FIJI
snimsls. In regard to the last NAMED
the mum. er shot o. trapped in America
each year seems Incredible. The sntbe'
states, thst b. ths publisbed list Of fai
skins cold il LoAdos and Leipsie dar
ing parts Of the years 1s6S-7e. II ap-
pears that Q. 500. 900 skins were disposed
OF at auction during the time nasaed
And this BY no means Represents TIL
total amount. - the stocks ef severs
minor dealers are not included ioz6h
lists. It would essm that this en0e
nous destruction must lead before lonl
10 the extinction OF the for animals
But some of tho animals described vii
still bear considerable dspletion. Thu
hsres. our author tells ~. are still o
abundant in the, Far Wese aad South
west that they ere considered nuisance
in many sections Of the country, Il
some places an ordfnafy shot 80 b,
onsj husdsed 10 . dsyt~isbost. tnvsaisi
more than two OF thres miles. Nom
Of the animals described appear q
yield more fscinsting sport than tb
antelope, tho only species Ut ito eenu
known. Its slertoess and keen Sigh
make i difiealt to ct =, 70 - In trou
fishing, the triumph u greater to tn
sportsman. when he brings down BIZ
antelope. But like other Wild snimsll
of the West. the antelope 10 fest dissp
pearing under the precise long raagl
rifles OF red vnd white hunters.
Mr.. Murphy beside bsisg . sports
man. is alss . nstusalist, who appearl
to be sincere in telling % that 10 be-
found ~ much pleasure 10 stnaying .
in hunting the Wild beasts he pussued
and that their life was frequently moe
pleasing to him than their death
Thus HE book. besides being . nasrstiv
Of adventures. osntains . gosd dssl .
information valuable TO the scisntid
man. In . preliminary chapter b
gives some detailed hints 70 the sports
man 90 70 the 0Eo Of their health. hos
TO make tho0selves eeofortahls. hen
to select and treat guides, and what o.
now the best game regions Of th
United Stalea II regaed - ths latte
he nsmes 1oatAna. Hyemine. Idaho
Oregon, and Washingtea Territory
which b. says. n variety aad ahand
sncs Of Danso. Co b appeeaahsd By En-
tangled junglss 81 Indis o. the in
penetrable woods OF Africa ooly, 90,
embracing On aesa Qve tine that OF q
United Kingdon a 0ssas Britain en-
Ireiaad. viii aEud splssded Geld Z
sportsm6n for messy yeArs IN come. =
the general reader. hovevsr, the moE
attractive psrtioe Of Mr.. Musphy
book will be his uarrstivss OF eeasest
between man aud beast. which q
either derived from be pessossl o.
psrience or gathered iron svouts On
hunters about the canp Ars q in d
Indian wiguaU. 'chooe anecdotes b
tells fairly veil. md Ne book through
out 10 written 10 plain bat clear sn
agreeable matter. The work - pub
lished in geod fesn, asd Sosty Cd
illustrations sda q 10 iatessst a.
value.