INDEX. 



AccuM, 463. 



comments on the gluttony of Sa- 

 vages, 463. 

 comments on the pleasures of the 



table, 468. 

 comments on the frozen mai-kets 

 of St. Petersburg and Moscow, 

 467. 

 Achilles, the bravery of, 430. 

 Act of Assembly, 93. 



against killing game in Delaware, 93. 

 against killing game in Illinois and 



other AVestern States, 93. 

 against killing game in Maryland, 



93. 

 against killing game in New Jersey, 



93. 

 against killing game in Pennsylvania, 

 93. 

 Africa, guns made for, 448. 

 Age of the Dog, 509. 

 Ah-bob-white, 75. 

 Ajax, the bravery of, 430. 

 Alexander the Great : superstitious dread 



of gunpowder, 430. 

 Ambush, erected on the flats, 292. 



how constructed, 292. 

 Amputate the wing of a wounded bird, 



how to, 491. 

 Anecdote, snipe-shooting, 203. 

 swan-shooting, 298. 

 punters' — of frozen ducks, 299. 

 of Colonel Hawker, 302. 

 Apicius, extraordinary feast of, 464. 

 ApoUonius Tyanaeus, refers to gun- 

 powder, 430. 

 Philostratus, historian of, 430. 

 Audubon, description of driving Par- 

 tridges, 94. 

 description of the Wild Tur- 

 key, 127. 

 observations on the migrations 



of Squirrels, 359. 

 comments on cooking game, 

 473. 



Auriculars, ear-coverts, their position 



and use, 34. 

 Auri sacra fames of the present day, 



93. 

 Aztecs, AVild Turkey domesticated among, 



138. 



B 



Bacchus, Egyptian, repulsed with gun- 

 powder, 430. 

 Backwoodsmen of America, 51. 



their exploits with the 



rifle, 51. 

 killing Squirrels and Wild 

 Turkeys, 51. 

 Bacon, Friar, his knowledge of gun- 

 powder, 430. 

 Bald-pate, (see Widgeon,) 311. 

 Barnyard Ducks, fed on celery, 272. 

 Barrels, leading of, how freed, 398. 

 Bar-shooting, 297. 

 Bartram, statement respecting young 



Rails, 220. 

 Bastard-wing, description of, 34. 

 Bats, acute sensation of, 38. 

 Battery, description of, 283. 



great numbers of ducks shot 



from, 284. 

 mode of building, 286. 

 explanation of the model, 288. 

 Beetle or Bull-head, (see Plover,) 249. 

 Bears, in Iowa, 63. 



large numbers destroyed, 91. 

 Beef, Sportsman's, how made, 481. 

 Birds, batting, 189. 



flesh of, made poisonous, 78. 

 measurement of, 36. 

 moulting, 38. 

 nocturnal, 37. 

 serpents charming, 73. 

 technical terms applied to, 33. 

 Black or Dusky Duck, 322. 



well known i:i the Philadelphia 



market, 322. 

 habits and description, 323. 

 Black-bellied Plover, (see Plover,) 248. 



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