Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 130
LK 659 gather on the ground, or fly compactly in theair, presenting an easy mark for the gun. Asmany as twenty-eight birds have been killed bya single discharge of a shot-gun, while hunterswith pump-guns have been able to bag nearlyforty curlew at one rise. Moreover, the birdswould remain in a… … ESKI-MO CriiLKW, FIt()J[ A MtSEfM SlECUJIEN since the flesh was excellent food and broughta good price in the markets, the birds were pur-sued relentlessly. The slaughter began in Lab-rador and Newfoundland, where the fishermenhunted them at night with lanterns and clubsand salted down the slain in…
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