A Cruel Pastime.
Frog-spearing is a questionable kind of amusement which, it appears, is at present indulged in by French aristocratic idlers who are trying to kill the long summer days in oountry seats. The latest instance of this peculiar kind of sport, says a Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, took place in the grounds of the Ch&teau of Bellancourt. After luncheon a party of ‘ ladies and gentleman,’ armed with weapons resembling cross-bows, the arrows being of hazelwood, with iron lance heads, and attached to the bow by silken strings, so as to enable the frogs to be hauled in, proceeded to the banks of a pond. Then there was a great deal of unceremonious stooping down as the frogs appeared, and arrows were let off in all directions, the slaughter being considerable on the part of those who pursued the Bport for the purpose of bagging game. The impaled batrachians were in all cases carefully ooliected and handed over to the cooks.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 816, 21 October 1887, Page 5
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164A Cruel Pastime. New Zealand Mail, Issue 816, 21 October 1887, Page 5
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