3-011-662 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. 'The place where the sketch was made us a favourite haunt of the deer which resort to the banks of one of the small mountain streams near Petropolis. When a party of sportsmen arrive at this spot, their dogs are put into the woods to rouse the deer, which, when disturbed, generally follow the course of the nearest stream. The rifleman hides himself behind a rock, and patiently awaits the approach of the deer. It must be confessed, however, that his patience is too often not rewarded with a single shot. In general shooting in the Brazilian woods is not a very exciting sport...Moreover, in all his sylvan excursions in Brazil the sportsman is obliged to keep a very sharp look out for snakes. So that, except for the adventurous novelty of the situation one might prefer to take one's pleasure on a Scottish moor'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.