. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . affes, and assailing groups of lions and rhinoceroses,would seem to establish the principle that a boldfront, quick eye, and unflinching nerve, will enable asingle man to hold his ground, and destroy or dis-perse a host of the fiercest wild be jts. We com-mend the portions of this volume copied from MrCummings work to the special notice of the narratives may seem incredible; but we believethem; and the spoils )f the chase brought fromAirica by this daring huntsman, afford convincingproofs of the general truthfulness of Is statements. The volume is
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . affes, and assailing groups of lions and rhinoceroses,would seem to establish the principle that a boldfront, quick eye, and unflinching nerve, will enable asingle man to hold his ground, and destroy or dis-perse a host of the fiercest wild be jts. We com-mend the portions of this volume copied from MrCummings work to the special notice of the narratives may seem incredible; but we believethem; and the spoils )f the chase brought fromAirica by this daring huntsman, afford convincingproofs of the general truthfulness of Is statements. The volume is very copiously .mbellished, asseemed necessary from the nature of the subject;and we trust that the delineations ui animals andbirds, as well as of hunting scenes, will be recognizedas true copies from nature. Considerinsf the lar^re amount of information con-densed into the volume, and the thrilling characterof many of the narratives it contains, the compilerbelieves that it will prove an acceptable offering toth^ reading /Ci^m::^ .^CONTENTS, Boirrma among the Aii^^ .nts HtlNTINQ AMONG THE AnCIENT MEXICANS HcimNO IN THE East Indies- — »** • SXBMS USED IN HUNTING •— • — HvNTma IN England and Scotland BCNTINGTHE BaDGEB HlINTING THE Wild BOAB . — BONTINe THE BUTPALO- .».~——... Hunting THECHA~^I8•—-^ BONTmO THE Fox• • BvamiG THE Hakb «m«—^ CHAPTER I. CHAPTER 11. CHAPTER ra. CHAPTER IT. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VL CHAPTER Vn. CHAPTER Vin. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. ... I •. la — IT — M ... u-^ 4fl •- M (6) CONTENTS. CHAPTER xn. HCNTING THE StAQ CHAPTER Xin. Mode of Hdnting the Indian Antelope CHAPTER XIV. dUHTING THE LlON ON HORSEBACK -? - • 71 CHAPTER XV. UCMTINQ THE MaRMOT- ^ H CHAPTER THE Virginian — ,......?.?,. 7f CHAPTER THE Indian Rhinoceros •• -.^^ .?•.^ g| CHAPTER XVin. ttONTINQ THE BiSON •«- S8 CHAPTER XIX. UCWTING THE POLAR BEAR •. Qg CHAPTER
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