. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. WITH Uor) AHD GUfi Ifl J^EW ENGUflND AND THE MAlRITIME Pf?OVlHCES. CHAPTER I. The delights of salmon flshinc;. — Our arrival at camp. — First HLOOD.— First salmon.— The doctor's theory. — Nature's laws MUST be obeyed. DESTRUCTION OF RACES OF ANIMALS.— POSSIBLE EXTIRPATION OK THE MOOSE. DISTRIBUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MOOSE. METHODS OF MOOSE-HUNTING. DESCRIPTION OF A MOOSE FIGHT. SiZE OF MOOSE. TENDERFOOT LUCK. DISTRI- BUTION AND N
. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. WITH Uor) AHD GUfi Ifl J^EW ENGUflND AND THE MAlRITIME Pf?OVlHCES. CHAPTER I. The delights of salmon flshinc;. — Our arrival at camp. — First HLOOD.— First salmon.— The doctor's theory. — Nature's laws MUST be obeyed. DESTRUCTION OF RACES OF ANIMALS.— POSSIBLE EXTIRPATION OK THE MOOSE. DISTRIBUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MOOSE. METHODS OF MOOSE-HUNTING. DESCRIPTION OF A MOOSE FIGHT. SiZE OF MOOSE. TENDERFOOT LUCK. DISTRI- BUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CARIBOU. VARIETIES OF THE CARIBOU.—CARIBOU IN NoVA ScOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. ThE common deer is widely distributed. abundance of deer in Maine.— Natural history of the deer. — Methods of hunting IT. — Destructiveness of "jack ;—Sounds of the O those who have no taste or inclination for " the gentle art," the charms it possesses are entirely unappreci- able, and, to " go a-fishing" often means to them an absurd waste of time and an expenditure of physical exertion quite incommensurate with the degree of pleasure that can possibly be attained. Fortunately, the number of these sceptics is not only small, but it is rapidly decreasing, and I do not hesitate to say that among all the field sports, none to-day occupies a higher position or awakens among its devo- tees a greater enthusiasm than does that of angling. Of course, there are many kinds of angling, ranging from that followed by the boy, who, with willow or alder rod in hand, seeks the dace and minnows in the rippling brook, to that pursued by vigorous man who follows and does battle with the princely salmon or the gigantic tarpon,—but they all have their fasci- nation. I have, in my many years' experience with rifle and shot gun, taken my share of great game and small, and have tasted the pleasures of vari- ous other sports that men
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