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Two Mighty Hunters
A New York Sun piece recounts goose and giraffe hunting yarns told in a boarding house. The geese mass on Shinnecock Bay and the narrator describes a remarkable shot that scatters their wings, followed by humorous giraffe hunting tales and a political anecdote about an election in Tapfirid, Massachusetts.
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New York Sun
Long Island
Magruder
Mr. Maguffin
Shinnecock Bay
Elm
South Africa
Mr. Magruder
Cilcazo Divine
Mr. M
Prest. Fowler
North-Western University