Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04

/ EXhioiuOn. but the Bngllsn nunter
who repairs nowadays 10 the most
! inaccessible crags Of the Rockies or the
Andes in pursuit of this shy quarry may
safely reckon on coming back empty
handed. The only chance OF securing
shot at mountain goat is by getting
above him-no easy matter TO accom-
plish-as be almost invariably occupies
the highest peak, or crag, IN sight His
wild congeners. the mountain sheep, are
also rapidly disappearing, aud few Eng
lishmen have ever killed a "bighOrn
without an alarming attack Of the same
| buck-fever which-or was it want OF
| condition or exercise ?-has Just been
credited with causing the death OF the
popular elder Scotch banker, who gained
his chief financial laurels in the Do
minion OF Canada. One Of the best de-
scriptiOns of hunting mountain sheep IN
the Rockies ever pcnned IL that con
/ tanned in Lord Dunraven's entertaining
! volume, 1.-THE Great Divide. The
noble author and his companions. Bote-
Ter, Texas Jack, and Campbell, are lying
| exhausted on a mountain side about H.,
| 900 feet above sea-leyel. Suddenly they
/ become aware of something moving on
/ the opposite slope, and descry through
their glasses sixteen sheep quietly BIB
bling the scanty grass Of these high alti-
/ tudes. As they gaze with eager eyes,
| the wary sheep catch their wind and
| bound up the mountain and over the
adjoining ridge in q few minutes "A
I climb which 1t would take the feetest
/ OF human mOuntaineers a long day 20 &c
/ complish. The hunters, stimulated by
| the sight Of the much coveted
game, make mp their minds to 60
/ ahead. and half mile higher
up they come upon the fresh track Of
| four big rsms. fntigue and exhaustion
we're instantly forgotten. Every sense
seemed quiskened their pulses throb-
/ bed with fever beats when they became
aware that the animals which they had
been pursuing for days were close st
/ baud. Presently B0teler, who WA a
! few hundred wards ahead Of his compa-
/ mons. ran back toward them, his face
| quiyering with excitement his mouth
open, although no sound issued from
II, and his hands working ike the
arms Of O eomaphore. d" How we'll
writes Lord Dunravcn, "I remember
my sensations How NY hesrt beat .
| Ones circulation ia rather queer
at those hiph attitudes; and Roie'er
/ had whispered that There were very
/ large rams IN the herd which ne had
| sighted, and good specimens of mountain
sheep ara rare. The walking was terri
] II 3D. .iar Z
/ stones, over which car Could not pass
without dislodgn0 something mud max
/ ing noise. Slowly, with the stones
cutting their knees, and the puckly-pear
/ bushes piercing the bands which grasped
them, they crawl 10 the top Of the ridge.
AS they cautiously peer into the hollow
below, they can see nothing, but they
| hear the sheep grazing and coughing
not many ysrds away. Presently q eve
steps INTO full view, feeding peacefully,
and without a suspicion OF dan
ger The wind blows strong IN their
/ faces, and carries the scent OF man away
in the right direction, when suddenly q
/ noble ram energies from behind r rock.
I g / scarcely dared 10 breathe or wink.
saws Lord Dunraven. 81 felt hot and
cold oil over and began 10 get tho buck
ag1e 60 such On extent that / felt must
let 90 at something or die" Crack goes
/ the rife; the rGn gives hinge bound
into the air and disappears Such n rat
/ tie Of ho0fs ~ heard that the whole hil-
side seems alive with horns. Within
twenty yards Of the spot which he occu-
ped when Lord Dunrayen fired at him
/ the biz ram is found. stone dead.
/ II It Is permissible for the oldest and
most prachced OF hunters % have buck
/ ague under such thrilling circumstances,
/ 4 is not ~ be wondered az that an Oru-
/ lent Englshman, who perhaps has not
walked q couple of miles at Il stretch for
SIX months should find his heart dance
and his hand tremble rs he discerns in
some Scottish deer-forest, the towering
autlers of a royal stag approaching him
| nom afar. Too often tho "muckle
/ BEAST passes within thirty or forty
yards OF the rock behind which the Sas-
s,nach is concealed, and crack crack
/ 20 the two barrels Of the express
rifle, which has cost, perhaps
seventy or eighty Guiueas IN It
james street or Piccadllv, without
! producing any visible effect upon thu
noble stag at which the weapon was
aimed. Being o heavy deer and his rios
well lined with fat, the quarry lags a lit-
/ tie behind as the foeter and lighter binds
/ ahead Of him, startled by the two shots
race up the adjoining hill. Inc In
| zlshman 1attofs himself that he cannot
possibly have missed 30 big an object
and insists that the stag Is wounded, and
will shortly drop. The experienced gil
/ lie knows better, and before long master
/ and man look each other In the face and
/ return discounted 10 the shOotiug-lotRe,
( where the former recruits his exhausted
/ energies with that most inyig0rating
/ % drinks, gla.s Of Highland
wbiskey mixed with fresh milk. Oncon
sciOasly, many mlidle-aged and elderly
men whose lives are ordinarily spent
among ledgers, law papers, end blue
| books expose themselves 10 no little risk
when they plunge into the highlands,
/ and imagine that they can walk or rite
more miles IN a day than they would
/ traverse on foot or horse back IN month
at home. Fatty degeneration OF the
heart and diseased kidneys are the COM
honest maladies Of welltO-do men who
lead urban and seden.ary lives aud, as a
rule. smoke freely after every meal. The
! frsme often lasts for years when
uutred by the strain Of Sc
were exertion or unusual con-
ditions Of HE; but even the youngest
and most vigorous man should beware Of
walking for many hours over the rough
and precipitous hills Of Scotland after
grouse or deer unless he has trained
himself for the task by long course OF
steady exercise and temperate diet be
/ fore be leaves his southern home. The
lamentable tit Of syncope which has just
cost Sir John Rose his life and a very
valuable life, too-might probably have
been ayerted had he not exposed himself
70 the danger OF buck-feyer with body
united for severe exertion and abnormal
excitement
SPANKING PRINCE.