(6, p. 10.)
But strange the while
In hunting us with no small toil,
To time they show but small respect,
And other great concerns neglect.
In hunting us with no small toil,
To time they show but small respect,
And other great concerns neglect.
There certainly has been, from the first of the colony, no small portion of time lost in pigeon-shooting. I have seen several men who seemed to have more pleasure in going about with their guns than in preparing their ground for receiving their seed, so much taken up with the novelty of the game in looking for “good marks,” though, as Franklin would say, they only proved bad ones.
