Year: 1875




day. We used small craw fish for
bait, an the taken consisted of black
bass, dr p, catfish, Dream and white
perch, ne latter the largest l ever
saw.


Red liver is deep, rather clear and
with very little current. In the vioin-
ity of Jacksonport game is abundant.
The liver in winter is full of ducks of
various kinds, and the small lakes,
ponds, sloughs and lagoons absolutely
swarm with them. Geese are quite
plenty and occasionally a swan is seen.
Bob White is there in full numbers in
the plantations. A few woodcock and
an abusdance Of suipe in season. East
of the town, twelve or fifteen miles,
deer are plenty, and | have had some
magnificent sport hunting them be-
tween bayous Cache and De View
Between these bayous there is belt
of post oak barrens, almost uninhab-
tied. The deer there are not much
hunted, and lie well when approached
on horseback, and when hunted with
hounds do not run of, bat tack and
dodge for hours. 1 got ten shots there
one day, but you are not going to be
told how many deer / bagged. My
poauder qOas crooked. Another time two
of us had hunted until the middle of
the afternoon, and killed nothing. The
hounds we're tired down, we, disgusted;
riding near small field hound open.
ed on trail. l stopped and encour.
aged him, when he got over the fence.
The field was abandoned and grown
up with bushees and tall grass. My
companion called ta me to come on,
that the hound was trailing cat, but
by this time some of the other hounds
had crossed the fence and we're giving
tongue on the trail. Happening to
look ahead just then, l saw D.,
who was some distance in advance,
square himself in the saddle and bring
up his gun to his shoulder. A puff Of
smoke, and the heavy repor. followed,
then another puff and report; away
went the hounds, pell NELL and right
from amongst those in the field rushed
an enormous buck. Twas an awk-
ward shot for me to make-nearly
square off to the right-and a few
more jumps would put Mister Buck
in the cane out of sight. So following
him as we'll as possible with my gun,
| let drive. The cloud Of smoke and
hid him for an instant and when sa "
him again he had changed his course
and was running down the fence. ]
gave him the other barrel he disap.
peared in the bushes, but heard him
crash against a sapling, and l know
had mada venison of him. There
were three deer in the field; they got
up and were slipping out ahead of the
hounds; the two does some distance
in advance 81 the buck. D. kill
ed a doe with each barrel, and his fir
ing turned the buck back by where
was. All the deer were in fine flesh
the buck Vas one Of the largest / eyel
saw killed.


have bagged two deer several times
in days hunting, and one day three
two bucks and yearling deer. A
quick steady horse was indispensable
as we shot altogether from the saddle


In the dense cane along the rivel
we're found bear, wild cat and occa
sionally q panther. Ducks could b.
bagged by the score by stalking then
under cover of the switch cane
along the. hayous, lakes and ponds
and BY floating for them in the river
l killed eight mallards at shot will
one barrel, and one with the other
they we're in a small pond in the cane
Bob White were plenty in the field
and lay we'll to the dogs; snipe wer
numerous and exceedingly gentle.


hunted deer with man who liveC
on the river, and if he was not a gooC
shot, it was not because his Christian
name was not identical with that o
the champion wing shot of America
Yet he could not shoot worth a cent
although excessively fond of the chase
Something always turned up at th'
wrong time for him and "knoeked hin
out of a shoot"


Adams favorite steed was q hors
of the female persuasion, that he call
ed Blaze; he would ride nothing else
Now the aforesaid Blaze had a mul,
colt by her side, and if that mule col
did not according to Adams state
ments, knock out of killing fifty deer
I'm a Jew-an 'Ebrew jew. w
woald put Adam at a stand, and tn
deer, guided by kind Providence, o
that unerring instinct that prompt
them to 60 in the safest places, woult
invariably run out by him. We woult
listen with bated breath for the shot
listen in vain. After the hounds wer