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The big game of North America. Its habits, habitats, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it (1890) (14569010930)

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The big game of North America. Its habits, habitats, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it (1890) (14569010930)

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Identifier: biggameofnortham00shie (find matches)
Title: The big game of North America. Its habits, habitats, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Shields, G. O. (George O.), 1846-1925, ed
Subjects: Hunting Game and game-birds
Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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re was no harm done beyond singed hair and aspattering of hot pitch, that refused to be removed withouttaking the epidermis with it. Then turning my back tothe light, I saw, off to the left, a pair of Gators eyeslighted up by the glare of our beacon. The Doctor nowput the boat within twenty feet of the owner of the eyes,who blinked wonderingly at the strange apparition. I hada fair strike, but the lily-iron happened to strike a bonyplate, glanced off, and the head of the reptile disap^^earedbeneath the dark water. Soon the white chin of another appeared within ourcircle of light, and as the pole left my hand, I grasped theline, now running out as fast as a nine-footGator couldtravel. The boat was now under headway, the Gatordoing his level best to get away, and swimming head andshoulders above water; our light swinging to and fro, andthe water splashing against the boat—all served to give usa novel midnight ride. But our tow-horse soon became ■V coz>o o c V)-D J>ifltoenzom7)
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ALLIGATOR-SHOOTIXG IN FLORIDA. 563 balky, and a revolver-bullet rolled him over; but as weattemj^ted to take liim in, lie suddenly darted beneath theboat, and we could hear and feel his teeth splintering thekeel. This not being on our jprogramme, we hauled awayon the line until his head appeared at the surface, whenthe Doctor dealt him a heavy blow with an ax. We then hauled him into the boat, g\ipposing him to bedead. He soon recovered from the blow, and seemed toconclude that he would paddle the canoe himself. At anyrate, he did paddle it with his huge tail in a manner thatthreatened instant destruction to it and to us. AVe wouldgladly have got out and walked, had the walking beengood, but it was not; and as for swimming, there were somany other Gators in sight that we shrunk from thethought of escaping in that way. The old saurian wasreaching for me with his yawning jaws, and fanning theDoctor and the boat with his tail in such a terrific fashionthat it became necessary for us to a

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