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"Undoubtedly," said a voice from the corner chair; "and so do we." The speaker was Ericssen, their host, a great hunter before the Lord, generally uncommunicative but a good listener, leaving the talk to others. UNDOUBTEDLY SAID A VOICE FROM THE CORNER CHAIR AND SO DO WE THE SPEAKER WAS ERICSSON THEIR HOST A GREAT HUNTER BEFORE THE LORD GENERALLY UNCOMMUNICATIVE BUT A GOOD LISTENER LEAVING THE TALK TO OTHERS
shall be scattered in the forest, and your spirit shall not enter the Happy Hunting Grounds till one of another race shall find and bury them.” “Which meant,” explained Morton laconically, his only comment on the story, “probably for ever.” [74] IV FIRST HATE They had been shooting all day; the weather had been perfect and the powder straight, so that when they assembled in the smoking-room after dinner they were well pleased with themselves. From discussing the day’s sport and the weather outlook, the conversation drifted to other, though still cognate, fields. Lawson, the crack shot of the party, mentioned the instinctive recognition all animals feel for their natural enemies, and gave several instances in which he had tested it—tame rats with a ferret, birds with a snake, and so forth. “Even after being domesticated for generations,” he said, “they recognize their natural enemy at once by instinct, an enemy they can never even have seen before. It’s infallible. They know instantly.”  FIRST HATE BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG THEY HAD BEEN SHOOTING ALL DAY THE WEATHER HAD BEEN PERFECT AND THE POWDERS STRAIGHT SO THAT WHEN THEY ASSEMBLED IN THE SMOKING ROOM AFTER DINNER THEY WERE WELL PLEASED WITH THEMSELVES FROM DISCUSSING THE DAY'S SPORT AND THE WEATHER OUTLOOK THE CONVERSATION DRIFTED TO OTHER THOUGH STILL COGNATE FIELDS LAWSON THE CRACK SHOT OF THE PARTY MENTIONED THE INSTINCTIVE RECOGNITION ALL ANIMALS FEEL FOR THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES AND GAVE SEVERAL INSTANCES IN WHICH HE HAD TESTED IT TAME RATS WITH A FERRET BIRDS WITH A SNAKE AND SO FORTH EVEN AFTER BEING DOMESTICATED FOR GENERATIONS HE SAID THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR NATURAL ENEMY AT ONCE BY INSTINCT AN ENEMY THEY CAN NEVER EVEN HAVE SEEN BEFORE IT'S INFALLIBLE THEY KNOW INSTANTLY
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