310 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[NOVBMBBB 18, 1880. 



Li.os!, 

 lyn, by wliom 

 some Fouritui 

 riviii!; ill (Itio 

 cars t.oBeJlef' 

 by our kin 



SHOOTIKS IN VIRGINIA. 



nnd Dr. Talbot leJii Pier 43 on the Old Dominion 

 1 1 Miiuhattaii—Cuptain Kelly and Purs(n- !Jc\Yel- 

 ? were treated elegantly. Seen otTof eoiu.sc by 



iLSiml miinm-r. 

 ■ worn fmiii l.he 

 where •ne were rci 

 niierly of 1 1 if 1'" 

 ii;iu andii ]ilt:;-- 



Giiii Club boy.s in lliei 



nuMii, Nnrfoll<, Va., we 



re. NnMjlwavCo.. Vrt., 



asi,, (J;i,ptHin 'J';iylor, fo 

 Jiiro Strkam slaiT, a riglu trood sportsi: 

 patiioii. Getting doRs, bu<rL);;i.'ie iiiid 

 started for Taylor's RetreaT fiv^ miles Irom Uie drp, i , . , In i 

 we put our traps in order for t>ie Cray. Monday, on quail, 

 three gtma, bagged forty-two. TiWday, two gims, tliirly- 

 aeyen. "Wednesday, rainiui? nearly all the day, two giuis, 

 twonty-seven. Thursday, seventy-three head of game over 

 two gima. TTriday, fifty-four; and Saturday ttdity-seven ducks, 

 etc. " 



We loft for home Sirnday night, •'5:50, arriving at Norfolk 

 that night, and the next morning went on >)oiwl the ship 

 JSreakwater, Captain (_;ibba, a llioiough .sportsniaii. wlui 

 kuully gave us a few hours' shooting witii the engineer I.ar- 

 fand, on >lajor Mulling's ])lantatioiij wliere we bagged seven- 

 ■ight smart gangs of partridge," as tlie term is 



York Tuesday uight well satisfied with 

 ■njoycd much.' 



• coil n try, game and people I woidd .say 

 open planiation.s of tall grass, wheal, or 

 It'jn, smroundcd by vast pine forests. 



1 :in lie slioi,,, but ret|uire time and 

 rr shot on i-uiiwa,\'S by the use of 



I i'l'i luli.-rl by a dog, then a blind is 



■ . : I" ' lied, and when the turkej^ 

 ' 11-11 i,!n,il close enough for a shot. 



i , ! H _ , ilose to (lie pines into wliich 



- I ■ 111- :;iishtina in the trees, and of 



.. I i I , iinil^it is^isclfss to try to do 



■ 11 - ,,. :i . "Mi-i.'.us, When, however, Ihev 

 llieii Miey liegin to collect in the bag. 



rown and ily fast. Most of the grounds 



lisKion Pan generally be had bv askingfor 



1-.- -riillenicn wliilf on Ihe grounds, As 



! '.\c were used witli the very brsl, 



.■ : i.l myself retm-iied all our siivere 



■ M.^piti.lilv showed us. not forgetiing 



vh.i is :, cliaraclev. His " Look out iliir! 



re." was side-splitting. Old Aunt Iilnn' 



vilU her cakrs, and the Retreat of ( 'apt". 



bright with Ihesportsnumlike surround- 



that so much admiration and respect attaches to the character ! 

 of hunter. It was the duty of the chieftain of the tribe— or. 

 when tribes had grown into a people or nation, of tlie kinff — 

 .second only to tliat of iieading his warriors and defendiuLMiis 

 ibjeets against their foes, to hunt down the wild in 



wlucli, riC.M, to the external enemy 

 alile and industrious inhii-bitant. 



teen cpi.- 



il, or 'Tigh 



in VIrL'i 



"lia 



We r: 



;l-'lu-rl ^^-W 



Ciur 1 . ■ 



■•,l:iyi v,v, 



the .-.in 



-, i- iihf 



r.ig ^vi 



i-':il iiri'l C! 



Deer , 



ihI lMrke\s 



patienc. 

 Uounds. 



Tiirkevs 



built wl 



ere the eun 



begujs 1 



) gobble h. 



The qn^ 



illie, ^^'encr; 



they -" 



'rigid sm:i! 



COUrsi- 



^ponsuiM. 



any t hill 



J wiibllini 



go to tb 

 The l.iii 



Is jire lull g 



are post 



ed, bill porn 



itandbv }i.-b:r. Hi 



fara^w. V 

 and bulb I 

 thanks I'm i:;.,. _■ 

 Handy, our -Mi.lr, u 

 there I'oi-s Old Tlia-s 

 was afwnys on hand 

 Taylyor'swasalway 

 iiig's." 



In conclusion wouhl say losporlsman Ihe^' can lind good 

 iiuuil shooting in any diiection from I^orfolk at a moderate 

 cost. _ Smoke. 



THE CHASE; ITSmSTORT AKD LAWS. 



flV 'IBE l.OKD CHIEF iTCSTIQB OF EKfitASJO. 



AT a tunc when Parliament iaa recently been occupied 

 With an important modification of a portion of the law 

 relating to gauic. it may not be uninterestuig to pass in re- 

 view the leading incideiits in theliistory of the eha.se, and Die 

 laws wbicli have regulated its e.\ereise "or determined the ex- 

 tent to whicli piopeny 1 iiuhl be asserted or acquired in the 

 wild uniinals whirh il 'is lieyond the arl or foreign to the pur- 

 posr of man to duiiicsticale. 



Jm'oih Ihi- cai'lirMl ages of man's history, the chase lias li^fii 

 one of the faA'orite as well as oiic of llie necessary oi-cupaiions 

 of inaiildnd. llaii has beiai a hunter from the brgimiing. 

 The slate of the hunter must have preceded that of the .slei- 

 herd : it must equally have preceded that of the tiller of the 

 soil, which was probably of still later date than tliat of the 

 shepherd. In the early'atnges of his existence man must in 

 a great degree have depended for food on the animals he was 

 aide to capture; and though the facility witli which certain 

 kinds of auiinals could be brought under his dominion might 

 give rise to tin- pastoral state at a comparatively early period 

 of human existence, yet he would have to wage war with tin 



1 the character off 

 varrior. The legend 

 in the earth," but ; 

 1." I^ie fabulous N 

 aid 1 



nf (il 



•ce, i)f ' 



, XenoplK 



icli to 



nowiied as buiilers. He 

 have contributed as n 

 of heroes and tlie axlu 

 ploits or vu-tucs. ■ " A conqii 

 says 3[r. Iiayard — hi 



oftbe . 

 His 



'in world — 



isdnm, 

 I wild a 



e the terror of the] 

 Hence, in the legendary 

 mionly associated with that 

 Jimrod is not only a " mighty 

 a " mighty himtei- before the 

 ivas as renowned as a destroyer 

 iqueror. The legendary heives 

 igivps a long list, wn nil r-- 

 ■sts that their merit a? : ub '•,:,■■. 

 procure for then] tlie -liu, -i'S 

 of mankind as their i.llar ,;:- 

 ror aud founder of an empire," 

 ■ctly exfiressing the .sentiments 



were imliap]iily far t 

 weUare or safety of 



s at the .same time a great li 

 lexlerilv were as muchshow^l m 

 Is as in martial exploit.s. Herni- 

 IV Ins Mihjects. whether he cleared I lie 

 ya-ey orrei'iulsed tin enemy." 

 I The, number of the beasts of prey, as nne 

 :s and rulers, appears to liave been fully 

 L-arlvperiod. at least in the EasPiru world, 

 d m'ore destructive forms of animal life 

 alnmdant to be consistent with Ibe 

 The frequent rep, 



beasts of pi-i- 

 iDga. 



How, in^ tl 

 modern disci 

 affes, man ca 

 tiie fiercer an 

 those wli 



■ the ]iriitection of himself and his fielo: 

 :■ tieginning, i 



ithout weapons, or such only as 

 s have shown him to have possessed for 

 have succeeded in defending himself against 

 nals, or in captirring even the least active of 

 rved him for food, wliile in their wild and im- 

 douicsticated state, it is difficidt to imagine. Yet his earliest 

 implements have been found in connection with the bones of 

 the lion and bear and other Vifasis of jirey, as well as with the 

 reuioiiis of the animals which has served hira for food. It 

 -sv- ■■: '" r Hie lapse of ages that, in addition to or su- 



[M . r stone, iinplemems (f wood and bone — tlio 



l,_i Ml-, and lastly the arrow— thesinewa of the 



sh,ii_^; -1. ,..,iiiiidB serraig for the bowstring— enabled man 



the better to supply liis wants or to cope with his natural 

 enemies. Thedomestication of the dog— the animal the moat 

 readilv attaching itself to man, and in all ages the uilliiiL' in- 

 si,n,ii"Mii :;.i.|:iny of the hunter— which rr' r-i i -bnii'v pre- 

 ,:r. I ' .1', other auimal— would tvii' ' loim- 



l_iii-. li' , II 'if man with reference 1 1 i; : ■ . . : - ir the 



;iiiii i, :; lihe was surrounded. Tlit insiiinaive habit 



,,t , . . iiilicr animals of the canine race, to himt in 



pill , . ,1 i.bserved by man, and after a time would be 



11, :h ■ i 11- his purposes. 



' .lion of the animals capable of being tamed, 

 a I I I :l subservient to the purposes of man, would 



hu 11 , |i in the onward mai'ch of human progi-ess. 



Tb' 1 111! n utiiiii of the soil, and the systematic raising of the 

 certal piroduets which form 80 essential a part of man's nour- 

 ishiiiiiii, woidd be an equally important incident in the his- 

 lorv of iiiaukind. But neither the pastoral nor the agricul- 

 tural condition Avould supersede the calling of the hunter, 

 thougii it niiglil diminish its importance. The flesh of the 

 Avill aiiiiiiiils fit for the nourishment of man would still form 

 a , b- of food— not the less so on account of its 



.;,, —and their skins would be useful for cloth- 



ir, _ if would be necessary for the protection of 



the aonie-i a lod animals, as well as for that of man himself, 

 that tlie numlier of beasts of prey should be kept down as 

 much as possible. Happily, the discovery of the metals, and 

 their use in the fabrication of weapons, which doubtless had 

 its origin in tie Eiisl, as well as the manufacture of i he net. 

 perfected by tlie iiueniion of twine aud cord now Kiibsliluted 

 for ruder materials, ijlaeed the hnrner in a more favorable 

 position for warring with his four-footed enemies. The laira- 

 moum iniponancc of this warfare could not fail to Ijc appre- 

 eiDlial. Il is in 'he primitive period of thti woibl's liisfray 



the Assyriiiii stulpluips of hunting scenes, in which the king 

 is theprincipid actor, is very instly refeired to by >Ir. Lavard ' 

 as a proof not only of tin- 'chase being deenird the liiting '; 

 oecupatioii of a king, Init also of the I-'lHi i>a imni i.ju in which : 

 it was hrld tiv thr primitive iiibiibiL.M 1 r A-^i,vria. The 

 sculptures of ih.i wtlures uf :Niiii-.-.-l, -I IHlivli.n, made 

 kBOvra to us by Messrs. Iiayardaisl IIhtih, i-,liil,it, in all il-i 

 energy, the royal sjiorl of some thirty centiuies ago, wiirn 

 king'of A.s.syri'a or of Babylon went forth lo give battle to i b 

 mon.stcrs of iheloiesi, or the plain. In the Assyrian Ij;.-: 

 reliefs the Icijig is rejiresented, when hunting, as in li 

 chariot, well furnished with arrows, darts and spears, 

 accompanied by waaaiors fullv eqiupped for iishtiiiir. The 

 same thin- took'place in the neldiboring Uijigdoins. ' Weare 

 told bv thi' Greek writers that in Pershi the king? went out 

 on suti: occasions at the head of a l;jri.;(i force, as on a niilitnry 

 ilition. the march spreading over a Cuusideralilc cMent, of 

 liy, and sometiines occupying Several days, Xenophou 



iinpaiiied liy half his guard, each manfully 

 wert ijoiiig into balllr. Kings and great mcii 

 havr the fact tbtit they Jiad been hunters and 

 if Uons and wild beasts inscribed on tli 



the sinuosities of the ground, endeavored to get witliin reaoU 

 of the game as it doubled, and to lirintr i t down with an anoiy 

 ThehcTrued animals of the hirger kind, such as the ihi«'' 

 oryx or wild ox, if wouiuhal only, suinetimes turned on |.lio 

 hounds, and required Ihe spear of the hunlej- to dispuich 

 ihem. 



Sometimes, especially when they wished lo take the ani' 

 mats alive for the purpose of placing them ia the parks, tbiiy 

 caught them with the lasso or noose, in the use of which t,h* 

 Eg>-]jtian bmitsmen aiipeai- to have been extremely KkiJlltO, 

 throwing the noose aroimd the ueek of the guxene or depj 

 or ovf-r llie horns of the wild ov. 



Jl ir-o- not be imiutur - _ i ,i,:i...vr |li,st while jjiu 

 Il'mumc'^ had several ■ ■ . ^s some of thfilti 



■Jl. r-ii 1. Sir GartlnerWili;!' ,|.es, •■ <""l tht pirs- 



vlilr the ppl dogn of 

 r . . ■iiibii.ed ill draw- 



lia=, as with us, i|6 

 ::■•:,, . .. The hound in lbs 



juld gi'.e line the Idea ut a crnaslictweuii 

 and foxhound, thouiih perliaps a litlln 

 Q the former aud lighter than the latTor. 

 islid.-ablv that of the hoimd. The kin<.s null 

 times huiited with lions taim'd.and liiuni'd, la 

 ■e in fndiii, expressly for hmiting. In \o. 

 • er Wilkinson's drawings is the rciire.sent»- 

 ' ih which the chassew is^hunting, imd wljiiiii 

 1 1 ibex. 

 IS desired on a larger scale than could hehuil 



: the £g)'[-jlian hi 



Lgyiilian painting ^ 

 thf Eii-lish harrie 

 Ifill.aand longer tli 

 The head is i' 



; great men so, 



; the cheetahs 



,' ^?.K1 O! sir Ob: 



in Hie iiinm diate vicinitvof Hie Nile, 

 tivated and thickly pei..i.lled, il w:is m. 

 deserts. When t,lLis was lo lip done a 

 I b\ 



'Hie land wiia nul' 



ia ;]a- nri'jtibia'iin 

 ilerablr rxlrnl n? 



if piO 



■en liy beater-i, Ihe pin. 



eh. 



1 t.ii 



I ...s t taken as perfectly describing Hie 



ian paiiiHi v. ■ - : iielt 



le space in whitli lliu liiinl 

 I for this purpo.se is [luisili;. 

 II, and the desi 



ail' 



lent • 



aid. 



let. 



lets in 

 ■as til 



deseribes a H 

 liition, as a. 



■med as if li 



ere proud 

 slayers 



DariTss is said to have desired to have it stated on his toml 

 that he had been an excellent hunter, aa well as a steadfast, 

 Iriead and goodhorsemau, and one to whom nothing liad been 

 impossible. 



But hunting was not confined in these coimtries to kings 

 or their attendants, or to the pursuit of the more ferocioirs 

 animals alone. Game was abundant, aud the l.:)ve of tiie 

 chase univer.sal. Mr. Lavard is supjioscd to ascribe to the 

 Assyrians the lirsl establishment of tin: inclosed j)arks, which 

 at a'laier period were maintaiueil on so extensive n .scale by 



the T'ersian kings and great men. In lliese |.arksgame of 

 everv d<»s<'riplioii was [.'reserveil for the purpose of sport— ac- 

 cord'iua' to Greek writers, lions, tigers, and other beasts of 

 prey. a1s well as ordinary game. But this may well be doubt- 

 ed "as the destrticlion oi Ibe other auimals, if shut up wirti 

 iLi'- iHusts of r,,-ev, w'.iik! Iiavo been siicb as in a very short 

 Ihne o-. leiue noiiniiLr but tlielalb'r. ■ When, therefore, lions 

 and litters are represent.'d as lieiiig lumbal in these inelosnr.'s, 

 the probtibility is that, if this took jilace in faei, tin- animals 

 had been eaiptured and purposely inlrodueed. with ;i view to 

 their being forthwith himled and killed. In a series of bass- 

 reliefs, discovered at Kouyunjik, and now bi the Britisli I\Iu- 

 seuni, Ihe king is exhibited hunting •lions, wiiicli are turned 

 out of cages in which they have been brought to the himling 

 gi'onnda." That at a later period wild beasts were taken aUve 

 for the purjiose of being afterward killed is, of course, a 

 well-kiiown fact. 

 The Batiylonians appear to have been as keen sportsmen as 



;, roiies, and -was supported on baUr.l | 

 'J to correspond with the incpialilii ■- •■: 

 5 conrriyed as til inclose any space. !■; 

 I stretims and encircling woods, or .', .m 

 ? self. Smaller nets for sto|iping :^:tiiy 

 ■ circular snare, set round with woo.leii 

 I riached by a rope to a log of wood. imi. 

 •.■ resembled one still niaije liv IlieAmlis. 

 ' the same wss stiirled by bitalers wiHi 

 5 ingsoi.laced a^. t,o wsy'lt.v Ibeanimab 

 I of Ihem with the bow. A .-piribal si 

 i de.ert of Tliehaid, copied by Sir Gar 

 tomb at Thebes, gives a vlviil represe 

 bag scene. Hares, deer, gazelles, wi 

 iforyx aud ostriches, together with fox 

 hvhoimds, are dashing at full speed a( 

 the midst of them is a porcupiiic win 

 coolly, as if couscious that his rate of sxieetl was i. 

 equai to tlail. of his nimbler associates, and that h 

 to keep up with them would be vam. The slangl 

 ! occasions would !ip]iear to liavc been very great 



lyli 

 ihc 



the Assyi 

 that tb' 



We 

 ■alls of ihei 

 ores and i 



owkii 

 iilpl' 



odern discovi 



were orna 



11 ted 



'.!■ 1 



a",;il nai 



1. ami Hi- 





1 iV'rcao 



ll inu'dt'Sf, 



" 



'Hinn Ihu 



siaeleii."! 



.I'-'trs 



, tlicspo 



■ISlMCli 



■, 1 ir 



get within ri 



M-'le 



1 of a <:h 



ise ill 1 



dnei 



Wilkin.? 



in lioni 1. 



ntal 



on of su 



tl il hiifll' 



lid . 



xen, ihe 

 d hyi'iir. 



the phi, 



ibex, tftii 

 s, (lurmi'd 



1, Wllilllil! 



.1 IS 





11,1 Its very 



luf 



^siieet the Egyptian 



t, they 

 ainlii J 

 emplo. 



hich 

 iu the deser 

 mals which 

 suit. They 

 The noxious 



nieut. liul liii'ghl lie d'e 

 or fiirni-yanis tlaw y 

 which they could be 



that tei 



re sportsmen in ilii' 

 lixcept in these. l! 



I taken tlahlil- 



'uly in opemmi 



bo- the lilll'li- 



lake 



iiii- 



irhe 



bee 



The lake 



ele 



;"■■ ■' I .iiig the 

 mdar subjeeis were even en.br.iaiure.,] ' ti their garments. 



As appears from the bassa-eiiels. Hie animals biinled were, 

 besides the beasts of prey, the yyild liidl, I In- wild ass, the 

 boar, the dilTerent kinds of autel.jpe and deer, Ihe wild goat 

 ami the hare.- The -ame, if it escaped the arrow of Hie hun- 

 ter, ..IS eauglit with the la.-.so, or thiyen into the nets and so 

 taken, eir was run down by large and powerful hounds. 



Like their Asiatic neighbors' and congeners, the Egviitians 

 were indent followers ..3 the chase. Lion-hunting, wc m-a 

 told by Sir Gardner Wilkinson, speaking from the represen- 

 tation's on the tombs, was a frequent occiipaiion of tlieking.s, 

 -who were pirouil to have their succe.-s on such occasions re- 

 corded. Annmoiih the Third lioasts of having destroyed no 

 less than 1112 head in one battue. Ethiopia, in which lions 

 abounded, was the laiiieipal seeiic of rhia sport, but lions 

 were also' l,.> he fiuinl in the de.serls of Egypt. Athena;us 

 mentions one as liavini; been killed by the Emperor Hadrian 

 when hunting in the nei.ghborhood of iVlexandria,. Accord- 

 ing to Sir Gardner AVilkinson, the kings sometimes went far 

 to'the a<->uth in the pursrut of elephants. He does not men- 

 tion whether any repi'csentation of aji elephant hunt is to be 

 foimd on the "mouaments. The taste for himting Sir 

 Gardner tells us, was general with all classes. The aristoc- 

 racy had their parks for preserving game in the valley of the 

 2Jile, which, though on a less esteusive scale than those of 

 their Asiatic neighbors, were stLU sufficiently large to enable 

 them to fullv enjoy the sport. 



The animals they chiefly hunted were the hare, the gazelle, 

 the stag and other deer, t'he wild goat or ibex, the oryx, the 

 wild ox, the kebsh or wild sheep -and the porcupine. The os- 

 trich, too, was pursued for the sake of its plumes, which were 

 highly valued by the Egyptians. 



One form of sport in which they indulged was that of pur- 

 suing the game with dogs, which, however, do not appear to 



, lb. 



N'.l le 

 Egypt ia: 



the reedy marsbes .iiiH-h ei l., 

 Kile, hayeever ii • 

 Hence fowling a ii; 

 protessional fowli i 



with Ihe throw-sHek a sti.'k 

 I foot and a quarter to two feet 

 iami a half in breiuUh, slightly curved a', : ; , 

 which, being flat, and thusencomitcring but Utile 

 from the air in its flight, could be thrown to a disti 

 when thrown by a dcxteraushand, wilhcorisideral'l 

 of ami. Theniethi,'! nl |',r.„',., -lb, . , ,, m 

 creep in r 

 into the re 



ini, the birds li-ii:^. la^ . j.', 

 Hirow-stiek, an allendant bi-in 

 stick was thrown, supplied 

 spirited sketches in Sir Gtirt 

 representations of such fowl: 

 two of theni there appears a eat, ciniilo', 

 a retriever in getting the bdleu birds oui, i , 



No trace of hawking is to be foimd ui i-li.: jj^ 

 ings. iiie use of the hawk species for the purp. 

 ing appears to have been unknown to the Egypi 

 to the Asiatics. 



From their early contact with the Egyptians it ui 

 been ex|jected that the Jews would have acquired a 

 hunting, but this does not appear to have been 

 They had, no doubt, occasion lo destroy the beae 

 for "the protection of their 11'!.: ks aud herds, 

 legend of Samson, and the statement ascribed to 



have been'used on such occasions for ih 

 the game, but were kept in tlips, n 

 the game was starte.i. If the .logs s 

 animal, well and good; but, genen 

 trusted to alone, tliougli this miuhl, s. 

 ally the sportsman f.-'Uowed in his 

 horses t.., tli'i'ir uHnosi speed, eudeavi 

 ieer of jinrsuit, orto get sultieieiitly in 

 'his b.iw wilh elTeet. When the 

 yente.l Hi.' ii«- . if 'be elihiioi . Hie 



irpose of tinding 



'■•-•cTi as 



:-_■ -the 



', 11=1 not 



•. Uau- 



■ginghis 



1 to interceplihe oli- 



lear aslo be enabled to use 



lature of the locality pre- 



mtei, uddiig advantage of 



rid, 



r Will 

 i partif 



Thi 



r nf »li.,i 

 11 a, unit 

 ..i.fik. 



X, l(Dll| 

 .TKTIU'V 



:: 1.-1 -I* 



,1-1 ii» one 

 llie uinst 



and the story of 

 lion in a pit in lime 

 hough there is no reason^ 



eroiis, were occa-ssionally' 



he had slain a I 



who is said to have s! 



it would appear that I 



pose them to have beei 



some in Judiea. SeveraJ all -:■ i- in ■!•, - :- 



■were not unlcuo-n^n to the j :■ 



of harts, roebucks aud lai-o-, n 



daily supplied for the househ'jlo : 



that" game of this description wr.. 



that its capture was not neglectcl. 



lead us to suppose that hunting or fov,iiug wai 



pursued as an amusement, or on an extensive Bi 



Egypt or Assyria. The prohibition as to eating Itt 



eertain animals, as the wild swine, the hare au'd It 



elsewhere the (,'bjects of pursnit but forbidden by tD) 



law, no doubt on the suiiposiiion lb at i heir flush ' 



whok'souie to man— though we are at a toss to see: 



tlosU of im animal which chews the cud but doea ' 



the hoof slioiild necessarily he unfit far matt, and 



