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Adventure

At the Mercy of a Bear in 1844

July 24, 2010

Here is an interesting true tale from an adventure  magazine published in 1898
AT   A   BEAR’S   MERCY.
THOUGH during my sojourn in Scandinavia I was in at the death or capture of one hundred and two bears, the larger portion of which were bagged when I was alone, so to say, and   though   often   in   considerable  jeopardy,   [...]

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Tigers on the Indian Railways 1900

July 19, 2010

(Newsclip from an adventure magazine ~ 1900)
Railwaymen in foreign lands often carry on their work under conditions that would appal their fellow-workers at home. On certain Central African railways, for instance, trains have frequently been charged by rhinoceroses and other large beasts ; and an unhappy telegraph operator on the Uganda Railway, on returning to [...]

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Caught in a Prairie “Muskeg” 1900

July 14, 2010

(Newsclip from an adventure magazine ~ 1900)
This photograph represents an unpleasant and rather exciting experience which occasionally falls to the lot of the Western settler. The correspondent who sends us the photograph writes as follows :
” We were driving out to a ranch and had diverged from the trail in order to see a fine [...]

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Hunting Ostriches and Wild Horses in Paraguay – 1840

July 8, 2010

Here is a short , but interesting Article from The Penny magazine 1841
Hunting Ostriches and Wild Horses in Paraguay

We had taken three brace of birds, when, an ostrich starting before us, Candioti, Junior, gave the war-whoop of pursuit to his Gaucho followers, and to me the well-known intimation of ” Vamos, Senor Don [...]

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