Sporting Guide to Nova Scotia (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

Breck, Edward

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ISBN 10: 0260868450 ISBN 13: 9780260868459

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

Riassunto

Excerpt from Sporting Guide to Nova Scotia

Non-resident Sportsmen. Its chief advantages may be summed up as follows Abundance of game and fish; Unrivalled facilities for camping and canoeing; Accessibility Cheapness In addition may be enumerated the bracing and equable climate, the great historical and literary inter est of the Evangeline and other districts, and the excel lent opportunities for summer board, without question the cheapest_ in the world in proportion to what is Offered. In regard to game, it is sufficient to state, that the greatest of the deer family, the moose, was killed last year in every one of the fourteen counties of the main land save one, and that the Species is steadily increasing in numbers, thanks to a stricter carrying out of the game law. The woodcock shooting in Nova Scotia is celebrated, and the ruffed grouse (partridge), the king of game birds, was killed last year in unprecedented num bers, while In the countries to the south of us its gradual decrease has been bitterly mourned. Ducks and geese are abundant in some districts. Bear and wildcat are plentifu1,too plentiful in fact, though hard to approach. Hares (rabbits) offer a fine opportunity for the beagles As for fishing the simple truth Is, that in no country of the world are trout more plentiful nor more gamey, and our variety is the most beautiful of a,ll the salve z/znus font final/is, or speckled brook trout. There Is good salmon fishing, which is likely to become better still, as public opinion is awakening to the dangerous breaches of the law on the part of the net-fishermen at the mouths of [the streams.s.

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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0260868450
• ISBN 13: 9780260868459
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 146
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