CONTENTS. 



PART I. FLORIDA. 



PAGE 



CHAPTER I. Florida. The Inland Passage 9 



CHAPTER II. In Florida.... 59 



CHAPTEP, III. Currituck Marshes. ... 116 



PART II. THE GAME WATER-BIRDS. 



CHAPTER I. Game of Ancient and Modern Days. Its Protection and 

 Importance. The proper Shooting Seasons. The Impolicy of 

 Using Batteries and Pivot-Guns 139 



CHAPTER II. Guns and Gunnery. Breech-loaders compared with 

 Muzzle-loaders. All the Late Improvements in Breech-loaders. 

 Hammerless Guns 159 



CHAPTER III. Bay-snipe Shooting. The Birds, their Habits, Pecu- 

 liarities, and places of .Resort. Stools and Whistles. Dress and 

 Implements appropriate to their pursuit. Their Names and 

 Mode of Capture 185 



CHAPTER IV. The New Jersey Coast. Jersey Girls and their 

 pleasant ways. The peculiarities of Bay-snipe further eluci- 

 dated. Mosquitoes rampant. Good Shooting and " Fancy " 

 Sport. Shipwrecks and Ghosts 219 



CHAPTER V. Bay-Bird*. - Particular Descriptions and Scientific 

 Characteristics. A Complete Account of each Variety 261 



CHAPTER VI. Montauk Point. American Golden Plover or Frost- 

 Bird. A True Story of Three Thousand in a Flock. Lester's 

 Tavern. Good Eating, Fine Fishing, and Splendid Shooting. 

 The Nepeague Beach 301 



CHAPTER VII. Eail and Rail-Shooting. Seasons, Localities, and 

 Incidents of Sport. Use of Breech-loader or Muzzle-loader. 

 Equipment 313 



CHAPTER VIII. Wild-Fowl Shooting. General Directions, from 

 Boats, Blinds, or Batteries. Retrievers from Baltimore and 

 Newfoundland. Western Sport. Equipment 328 



CHAPTER IX. Duck-Shooting on the Inland Lakes. The Club 

 House. -Practical Views of Practical Men. Moral Tales. A 

 Day's Fishing. The Closing Scenes 344 



CHAPTER X. Suggestions to Sportsmen. A Definition of the Term. 

 Crack Shots. The Art of Shooting. The Art of not Shooting. 398 



CHAPTER XL Directions for Building a Battery 415 



