. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . pur-suit—the rush of the horse over the boundless green sward, the 1 swoop of the Falcon through the illimitable air—what excite- 1 ment could exceed that. If I could imagine it possible, I would ask no better sport,than a thorough-bred horse, a brace of Greyhounds, and a castof Hawks, would afford, at dawn of an autumn day, on the far-thest wilds of the West, with the Antelope, the Grouse, and the[WhoopingCrane for my quarry. I Whether such sport will be seen ever on this side of the At-lantic, tim
. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . pur-suit—the rush of the horse over the boundless green sward, the 1 swoop of the Falcon through the illimitable air—what excite- 1 ment could exceed that. If I could imagine it possible, I would ask no better sport,than a thorough-bred horse, a brace of Greyhounds, and a castof Hawks, would afford, at dawn of an autumn day, on the far-thest wilds of the West, with the Antelope, the Grouse, and the[WhoopingCrane for my quarry. I Whether such sport will be seen ever on this side of the At-lantic, time alone can tell—elsewhere it will not through thel)road universe ; if what I dream of occur ever, ere age havechilled my blood, and dimmed my eye, and unnerved my bridlehand, I will see it, and perchance may shout the death-hallooof a Prong-horn Antelope. If not, reader, mine, I advise thee not much to try him. Idoubt not thou wilt not take him, and if thou do, I doubt yetmore whether he himself, or the fun, repay the toil of taking him. FRANK FORESTER S ) SiOUTS. BEAR IvOM the farthest North to the extremeSouth of the United States, tlie commonItlack Bear of America—Ursus Ameri-(■(Dius—has his regular ranges and hiswinter dens, and everywhere lie is ai;object of keen and eager pursuit, notonly on account <jf his mischievous pro-pensities and the damage he does to the5 farmer, hut for the value of his skin,,and the excellence of his flesh, which rescmlding pork, witli ipeculiarly wild and perfumed flavor, is esteemed a great deli-cacy by the epicures of large cities. To the Eastward, in Maine, and the northerji parts of theother New England States, he is still abundant; in New York,a kw are yet to be found among the wilder hills of Greene andUlster counties—in Rockland and Orange they are probablyextinct—and thence to the Westward through all the southerntier of counties along the Pennsylvania line, and in the northernpart of that fine sporti
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