100 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



out having a shot at it. One day, when he and 

 a few friends were beating a large copse for 

 deer, he suddenly fired five shots into the 

 thickest corner of the wood. 



" All of you boys, come out of there !" he 

 shouted anxiously. 



His fellow- sportsmen hurriedly issued from 

 the copse. 



" Are you all out ?" he inquired excitedly. 

 " One, two, three, four. Where's Jake ? Ah, 

 there you are, Jake. Are you all out? 

 Sure ?" 



" Yes," they replied, " we're all out; the 

 whole party's out." 



" Hurrah, then !" exclaimed the sportsman 

 — " hurrah ! I've shot a buck !" 



It is the greatest mistake to load up a medi- 

 cine-chest with innumerable stimulants. Alco- 

 hol is undoubtedly a valuable remedy for 

 certain diseases, but in the case of most of the 

 ailments common to sportsmen its too liberal 

 application often produces fatal effects. 



More than half the deaths resulting from 

 snake-bites may be attributed, not so much to 

 the reptile's poison as to the methods usually 

 employed in attempting to counteract the 

 mischief. It has, for instance, long been cus- 

 tomary for sportsmen, when any one of their 

 number is stung by a cobra, to dose him liber- 



