Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-26

life of the English family. If you want to
know what the family are really like you
must see them pursuing their ordinary
avocations, not simply when they are
dressed to receive company. My advice
to all, therefore, is, go into the towns and
villages and rural retreats. Take look
at London, but don't tsrry there. Above
all, do not expect to find in this city
not, at least, in their native Sim
plicity-either the typical Engliahman
or the representative English home.
To shoot under the most favorable circum-
stances you must get some Eoglish gentle
man to invite you to his country seat-not
the easiest thing in the world to do, but
quite possible, If You come well recon-.
mended. The female society there will be
of the most refined type. You may not
see as many beautiful women as in your
own country, but for the ruddy glow that
rests on their plump cheeks, for grace OF
manner, and for the subtle charm of their
sweetly modulstsd voices, these English
women have no equals in the world. Most
delightfully."- will your evenings pass in such
company, and from their conversation re-
garding the sports Of the day you will learn
great a love for the excitements OF the field
as have their dOg-sndgu worahiping
brothers. But l was about 10
DESCRIBE PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.
Oh, these bewitchjng daughters of Eve,
how they will lead fellow from his proper
track, if he is net constantly on guard.
refer, of course, to women, not birds.
Well, fall in. if possible, with half dozen
good marksmen, and be sure and have
! your pointers and drivers with you. The
former will give the scent and the latter
will chase the game into the open. Then,
from the cover Of the neighboring trees,
or from under the hedgerows, blaze
away at your unsuspecting victims,
and calmly await results. This method
is the most popular one both for partridge
and pheasant shooting, not the least of its
recommendations being that it gives the
| birds such a poor chance of getting away.
Rare sport for the men, but sure death to
the game Recently by the way, a apasm
Of pity was exhibited on this subject, but
it only sought to prevent pigeon-shootiug,
and was not successful in even doing that
Strange that this proposition should have
originated in the House Of Lords, where
SPORTING INSTINCTS ARE so STRONG.
Their lordships, however. were not long
in putting a veto upon it, Tor the majority
o! them, like the majority of psople out
side, could not see why the shooting of
pigeons should be any more wicked or
cruel than the killing of other birds. But
] II
/ explanation upon this point, which will no
doubt be read with as much interest on
! the other side OF the Atlantic as on this.
Being asked why he had given up pigeon
| shooting and not cover shooting he re-
piled as follows "If a man were to
| wOund phessants, instead of killing them
outright, he would be looked upon as
muff. Everyone at cover shooting does his
best to kill, but if man can kill pigeons
at twenty yards he is handicapped,
and put back ten yards, in order to reduce
| him to the level of those who are without
| his skill. This / regard as deliberate cru
city. What shocked me in pigeon-shoot.
/ ing, and led ME TO give it up, was seeing
number of birds sitting, wounded, on
/ house.tops and other elevated places in the
neighborhood of the shooting. They could
not be got at and killed, and they were left
to die. Spoh thing could never happen
at cover. shooting" Examples of the En-
glishman's
LOVE FOR THE SPORTS OF THE FIELD,
And of the courage and endurance he can
display in gratifying that love, are seen
frequently on our own far.away western
plains But such exhibitions are not con-
fined to the two countries whose shores are
kissed by the Atlantic. Tae national bent
for 1ecreations OF this description is as far
reaching as the nations desire for conquest.
No distance can discourage nor perils
abash IT, At the present time an English
nobleman is on his way from the north
western provinces of India to an inaccessi-
BILE part of Tibet, from which, with one
exception, no English visitor has ever yet
returned in safety. This adventur-
ous hunter has to carry his pro-
visions with him strapped upon
the backs of mountain sheep, each
OF which bears load of 100 pounds, and is
himself eaten when his cargo has been con-
sumed. When his lordship left Psshawur
he expected to traverse more than l 900
miles on foot, and to ride over a pass of
the Himalayas more than II, 900 feet high
upon the back of 4 Tibetan OK. II. Z.