SOMETHING ABOUT THE TURKEY. 



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From this moment I 

 held it as proved that 

 nothing was easier than 

 to kill a turkey ; his enor- 

 mous size and lumbering 

 flight both contribute to 

 render him the certain 

 prey of the sportsman ; 

 but if the wound is not 

 mortal, if he is struck 

 only in the wings, the 

 turkey, instead of losing 

 his time, like most of the 

 gallinacese, in struggling 

 on the ground, escapes 

 immediately, and his gait 

 is so rapid that, unless 

 you possess an excellent 

 dog, he is soon beyond 

 the reach of discovery. 

 If the turkey is hit in 

 the neck, throat, or 

 breast, he is dead; while 

 if the shot strike him in 

 the middle of the back, 

 he runs again to such a 

 distance that he is nearly 

 ul \vays lost. 



The dogs follow up the 

 scent of the turkeys for 

 about a mile. I have 

 seen some American do#s, 



"j'i:K< UK.l) I'PON THIC MANAS.' 



