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Title: The encyclopaedia of sport
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898 Peek, Hedley Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
Subjects: Horses Sports Games
Publisher: London : Lawrence and Bullen
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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gsummer, when they work out. The skins ofanimals thus attacked are so full of blisters andholes that they are of little value. Another ofthe Oestridee deposits her eggs in the nostrils,where they become maggots, causing the animal rernalis, and the many kinds of dwarf willowgrowing about the snow-line, as Salix glai/ca,S. po/aris, S. lanata, S. herhacea, &c. ; alsoLichen rangifcrinus (Linn), which they feedupon both winter and summer. This latter,with various willow and birch buds, forms inwinter their principal food. During a lemmingmigration they crush hundreds with their hoofsand will devour the vegetable matter in thestomachs and entrails, having by some meansdiscovered that the herbaceous contents aregood for food. Precautions to be observed in Stalking—Reindeer are the wildest and most unsettledanimals to stalk, and ever on the look-out.The sound of a distant waterfall, or of stonesand grit rattling down a cliff, is sufficient tostart them off, demoralising them for hours.
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rhinoceros) THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SPORT ^51 thus spoiling a good staliv which promised tobe successful; great care and caution aretherefore absolutely necessary. Inspect fre-quently with telescope or field-glasses all themountain sides, plains and large snow-fields,distant or near. Do not loiter too long near aherd if you cannot approach within shot, forfear that eddying gusts of wind may proclaimyour presence, but retire to a safe distance towatch, and when you do get a chance takeadvantage of it in your best style, and asquickly as possible according to circumstances.Never shoot at deer lying on the ground orsnow, unless close above them ; it is best towait until they rise. Be careful to calculatedistances, which are most deceptive on thefjelds, especially on the snow braes. Take carebefore descending very steep, snowy ravines, toascertain if the snow be hard or soft; launch arounded boulder on the surface and watch itsprogress. If the snow is soft, the stone willmake a small furrow

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