The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10

| In Asia, as we'll as in Northern Africa,
than the eraglio.-Ex-Attach in New
York Tribune.
THE DOCTORS HUNTING.
His Good Bag Of Game and How
He Secured It.
| The doctors reputation as an un-
erring wing shot grew out of the Pro-
fessor's self-assertive boastfulness as
to his own skill in that direction. The
Professor was an time hunter, a
keen lover of sport, an exceptionally
good shot, and an enthusiast of the
first water. The doctor was nothing
of the sort. He was an Indifferent shot
and had never hunted much. One day
the Professor had occasion to call on
said, briskly:
This is fine weather for bird hunt
ing. I hear that quail are thick. I
must go out with my dogs. Ever do
any hunting, doctor?"
The doctor said that he wasn't much
of hunter, but that he enjoyed the
sport and felt as if he would like to
have a day out in the fields and the
woods with good dog and a gun. This
made the Professors eyes dance. He
said, heartily: Just the thing. / have
got two of the best dogs in all this
country, and will take you out with
me. What do you say to Tomorrow
After some discussion they agreed to
go the following day. The Professor
got out his gun and cleaned it Up, and
the doctor did likewise Bright and
fha
appeared with his dogs and his gun.
The doctor was waiting, and they got
into a carriage and drove swiftly back
into the country about twelve miles,
where the birds were reported to be
thickest. Arriving there, the Professor
jumped out, stretched his legs, de-
clared it was an ideal day for sport,
whistled to his dogs and started off.
The doctor followed and soon they
were tramping across the fields, with
the dogs running easily before them in
long circuits.
There had been light furry of snow
the night before, and the ground was
just covered. The air was bracing and
the sunshine brilliant. Everything was
lovely, but no birds were to be found.
After more than an hours tramp, both
were getting discouraged, when sud
denly the dog which was nearest to the
doctor stopped, became rigid and point
ed directly ahead. The doctor raised
his shotgun and saw a bird nesting in
ragweed patch. The bird heard him
just them, but before it had time to
ffutter wing he let drive and blew it
all to pieces. The Professor, who had
been watching the performance, came
bounding across the field, emitting
oathS and strange cries. He was
plainly angry clear through, and in
language exceptionally forcible he
turned loose on the doctor for his ac-
tion- He said that shooting a bird on
the ground was a crime that surpassed
highway robbery, wholesale murder or
any crime in the calendar; that it
was the act of a pothunter, unsports-
manlike. and so on. He insisted that
the birds should be shot on the wing
or not at all, and he deeply impressed
the doctor with his violent denuncia-
lions. The matter adjusted, they
pushed on, and another hour was spent
in fruitless search. Then the doctor
saw rabbit crouched behind a bush.
and instinct prevailed over the advice
he had received, and he knocked the
rabbit over before it had time to move
This brought down on his head an
other torrent of abuse from the same
source and for the same reason, but
he said nothing. He was a bird and
rabbit ahead of the Professor.
The hunt continued, but nothing else
was found, and the irritability of the
men increased. Finally they came to
a place wheze the road forked The
doctor wanted to go one way and the
Professor the other. Neither was in
good humor. and it was finally decided
to separate. So each took a dog and
started off. The doctor had gone about
a quarter of mile when his dog came
to beautiful point directly upon the
end of a huge log. The doctor walked
around cautiously and peeked in He
saw about a dozen birds nestled be-
meath the log, sheltered from the wind
and the snow. The sight was too much
| for him and he stepped back and let
go with both barrels. Then he watched,
and just two birds flew out
The doctor ran up, and by actual
count he found nine birds that he had
killed with his two barrels. He was
now in deep quandary. He had shot
the birds on the ground, and he knew
the Professors anger would be terri
DIE mere was no nope for 1t. 1t was
wasting good ammunition, but he
walked twenty yards and fired off his
gun twice. Then he waited a few
moments and walked in another direc-
ton and shot twice again. This re-
peated until he had fired a dozen Shots
Then he picked up his birds. placed
them in the bag, and tramped off to
meet the Professor at the appointed
place. When he came up the Profess
scr said, sneeringly:
Lots of shooting over there"
Yes" said the doctor. serenely IF
you want birds you had better come
with me next time"
Relations between the two were
strained for the rest of the day When
the Professor reads this, and if he rec
ognizes the incident, it Will be his first
intimation as to how the doctor got
his birds that day. for the doctor never
dared tell him.-New York Tribune.
A Recent Egyptian Discovery.
1t has hitherto been supposed that in
Egypt the practice of embalming the
| bodies of the dead and forming them
into mummies was the most ancient
method of sculpture; but Professor
lind Dot ~;o