A MAJOR LONGHONv.
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At the time when Mathews (says the London
Literary Gazette) is making the world laugh with
his Longbow stories, the following parallel may
amuse -" A friend (says the relator) lately re
turned from abroad, calling on me one morning


u enquired Il he had seen any thing very particu


larly interesting in his travels He replied mo
with the exception, perhaps, of curious mode
they have in Siberia, Of procuring the skin OF the
Sable. Their fur is in the greatest perfection II
the depth of winter. at which time the hunter
proceeds to the forest armed with pitcher ol
water, and some carrion meat; he deposits the
bait at the foot. and climbs himself to the top o'
Ia high tree. As soon as the animal attracted BY


the scent, arrives the man drops some water on


the end of his tail, and it instantly becomes frozen
to the ground On which, descending from his
elevation with incredible rapidty, his purs'lei
with sharp knife, cuts him transversely on the
face. The Sable, fran the excess Of pain, taking
an extraordinary spring forward, runs oil, (hi'
tail being fast to the ground) out of his skin, o


course, leaving it prey to the hunter!! upor
depressing slight doubt as to the probability o.
this mode of skinning the animals, my friend assn
red me that he never could have believed it, hat
Ihe not frequently beheld it himself"