RECREATION. 



XXV 



BOB 



WHITE WITH RATTLES ON 

 HIS TAIL. 



One chilly February day, my friend Tar- 

 rant and I concluded to try for a little 

 sport with Bob White. Our field was in 

 Western Florida. Tarrant assured me quails 

 were so plentiful and tame that good bags 

 might be had by clubbing. I made 

 my arrangements for a rousing day. Bess, 

 the veteran dog, capered about in delight- 

 ful anticipation. Everything promised well. 



Two miles of industrious beating brought 

 to light only a few fleeting rabbits. A 

 hawk perched in a tall pine swooped several 

 times earthward, striking each time repeat- 

 edly at some object. Tarrant pronounced 

 this a sure sign of the presence of quails, 

 and we bent our steps thitherward. Bess 

 actively covering the ground on every side. 



Presently she came to point abruptly, as 

 rigid as a statue. Waiting a bit to give the 

 covey a chance to flush, we were about to 

 kick into the bush, when with the sudden- 

 ness of a rifle report came the b-z-z-z-z of 

 a diamond back. The effect one me was 

 startling. Every nerve tightened as with 

 a galvanic shock, and when Tarrant's gun 

 belched I leaped like a "stricken doe." That 

 shot was a squelcher, however, taking the 

 rattler's head off clean. The snake meas- 

 ured 7 feet 2 inches and carried 12 rattles. 



The hawk was apparently trying to kill 

 the snake. Our bag, when we turned off 

 steam, was 5 quails and a snake skin. 



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