Eakins resumed the vigorous outdoor life of his earlier years—hunting, sailing, fishing, swimming, rowing.
And sometimes as we watch, the house fades and the iron railings vanish and we are out at sea; we are hunting, sailing, fighting; we are among savages and soldiers; we are taking part in great campaigns.
While Mr. Loomis was deeply involved in government assignments from 1950 to 1978, he managed to stay active in his favorite outdoor activities; hunting, sailing, and riding to the hounds with the Middleburg Hunt in Middleburg, Virginia.
From 1743 to the founding of the Russian-American Company in 1799, over 100 private fur-trading and hunting voyages sailed from Kamchatka to North America.
It also brings to mind Hemingway's own detailed, tactile descriptions of fishing, sailing, hunting and living close to nature in the wild.
People in the professions of sailing, hunting, weaving, cobblery, basket making and fishing belonged to specific castes or subcastes.
Mr. Davison, whose passions were quail hunting and sailing, is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Katusha Cheremeteff, whose father was a Russian count; his sons, Daniel Jr., George and Henry II; and seven grandchildren.
Golf, cycling, fishing, hunting, a sailing school and boat charters are also offered.
He had grown up by water and woods, sailing and hunting with his father, who managed the shipyard at Ålborg, a port town in the north of Denmark.
Former U.S. ambassador to Spain raising money for John McCain's presidential run; enjoys sailing, skiing, hunting.
We are told, for instance, that when Mansur was hunting for his new capital, sailing up and down the Tigris to find a suitable site, he was initially advised of the favourable location and climate by a community of Nestorian monks who long predated Muslims in the area.
