. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . on Long Island ...... 123 Chesapeake Bay Shooting . 133 Wild Sporting of the Wilderness 146 The Bison 149 The Elk 159 The Moose 166 The Reindeer, Cariboo 172 The American Deer 173 The Black-tail Deer 176 The Americiin Antelope 178 The Rocky Mountain Goat . . , . 182 The American Black Bear 184 The Grizzly Bear 186 The Wild Turkey I95 Forest Sports ... I99 Moose and Cariboo Hunting . 204 Deer Huntmg .... 239 VI CONTENTS. Prairie Sports 253 Bison and Elk Hunting 254 Antelope Hunting 263 Bear Hunting 2
. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . on Long Island ...... 123 Chesapeake Bay Shooting . 133 Wild Sporting of the Wilderness 146 The Bison 149 The Elk 159 The Moose 166 The Reindeer, Cariboo 172 The American Deer 173 The Black-tail Deer 176 The Americiin Antelope 178 The Rocky Mountain Goat . . , . 182 The American Black Bear 184 The Grizzly Bear 186 The Wild Turkey I95 Forest Sports ... I99 Moose and Cariboo Hunting . 204 Deer Huntmg .... 239 VI CONTENTS. Prairie Sports 253 Bison and Elk Hunting 254 Antelope Hunting 263 Bear Hunting 267 Mountain Sports 292 Goat Hunting 293 Turkey Shooting 297 LEnvoy 300 Appendix A :—The Fish and Fishing of North America . 303 Appendix B :—Sporting Nomenclature 307 Appendix C :—A few Memoranda for Sportsmen . . .311 Appendix D :—Canine Madness 318 History of Rabies 320 Symptoms of Rabies • . 327 The Taciturn Rabies 334 Medical Treatment of Rabies 341 Appendix E :—Game Laws 353 Note 356 General Index 357 FIELD SPORTS UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES. BAY HE Atlantic coasts of the UnitedStates, with the deep bays and in-I dentures of their shores, the estuariesof their noble rivers, the wide extentof salt marshes and meadows, inter-spersed with shallow land-lockedwashes and lagoons, abound, , more than any other region ofthe world, in which man and cultivation exist, with all the va-rious tribes of water-fowl and waders, which can minister to theamusement of the sportsman. From the magnificent and statelySwan, down to the minute Sandpiper, every species of aquaticbirds abound in their appropriate latitude, and in their peculiarseason. From Boston bay to the Balize, some portion of the coastwill, at all times of the year, be found to swarm with all the 8 FRANK foresters FIELD SPORTS. varieties of Curlew, Sandpiper, Plover, Godwit, or Phalarope,sometimes as passing visitors, sometimes as denizens and ownersof the soil, on which they build their
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