CONTENTS. 



Wild Turkey Hunting 9 



Summer Retreat in Arkansas 28 



Tom Owen, the Bee-IIunter 47 



Arrow-P'isuing 54 



TiiE Big Bear of Arkansas Y2 



The Mississippi 



Large and Small Steamers on tue Mississippi 



A Storm Scene on the Mississippi . 

 Grizzly Bear Hunting . 

 A Piano in Arkansas 



94 



105 



Familiar Scenes on the Mississippi . . . . 114 



12G 



135 



. 145 

 "Wild-Cat Hunting . 155 



Mike Fink, the Keel-Boatman Ig3 



Alligator Killing jg^ 



