ISBN: 9780217931250

Roderic O'Connor, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books Books The-Field-Sports-of-France-Being-a-Practical-View-of-Hunting-Shooting-and-Fishing-on-the-Continent-Conta… Mehr…

Roderic O'Connor, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books Books The-Field-Sports-of-France-Being-a-Practical-View-of-Hunting-Shooting-and-Fishing-on-the-Continent-Containing-Much-Local-Information-and~~Roderic-OConnor General Books Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER I. The limier and the valet de limier, a well educated pair?How they proceed to business?Negro hunting in the Island of Cuba. His necessary to say a few words about the limier, before we enter upon the subject of stag hunting. We must find a stag before we can hunt him, and that important duty is confided to the valet de limier and his intelligent dog. In ancient times the limier discharged many of those duties now intrusted to our efficient police, and afforded considerable assistance in detecting the retreat of malefactors, and in bringing them to justice. The Spaniards have not as yet dispensed with their aid in such matters, and still employ them, in the Island of Cuba, in negro hunting. When placed on the track of a negro, they never quit it until they overtake the unhappy fugitive, who, at once, surrenders himself to his barbarous pursuers, well knowing that escape is impossible and that, if he attempt it, he will be torn to pieces. The limier should be judiciously selected: a dark coloured, quick sighted, well nosed and strong built dog, is essential for the faithful discharge of his laborious duties. He is far from being easily trained: on the contrary, it requires, at least, three years severe schooling to finish his education, in the course of which, great management is necessary, for he is very apt to sulk, and, if he do, there is much danger of his becoming perfectly intractable, and utterly useless. It is a curious fact that the limier is sometimes found to have so strong a natural antipathy to the boar, that he cannot be prevailed upon to hunt him. In these instances, the moment he picks upthe scent of the boar, he runs behind his valet like a spaniel after having trodden on a snake, and becomes quite powerless. ...<

ISBN: 0217931251

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