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Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young (1887)

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York : John D. Williams · leaf 34

An illustration from Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young, 1887, leaf 34 — n America call thempartridges, are very cunning. They arealways on the watch, arid when they hear orsee any one coming, they run to the oppositeside of some rock, or thicket, or tree, and THE PARTRIDGES. 21 remain concealed till the person comes near.They then burst away with a startling, rush-ing… … a chance for a shot. So we went on, greatlyexcited, however, by the game we had seen.It was not long before we met writh anothercovey of partridges, and firing at random, Ikilled one of them. Great was my exulta-tion, for I had never killed a partridge be-fore ; and, beside, I had shot it with my…

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