Contents 



PAGB 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OLD WINCHESTER I 



OUTSTALKIXG A COUGAR 3 



TROUT-FISHING EAST VerSUS WEST 9 



NOVA SCOTIA TROUT-FISHING IN SEPTEMBER l8 



WORMS 30 



WINTER FLY-FISHING IN NOVA SCOTIA 34 



ILLUSTRATING THE " TIMIDITY " OF THE NOVA SCOTIA BLACK 



BEAR 38 



FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITY NIMRODS 46 



MEMORIES OF MOOSE-SHOOTING 59 



U-FISH 71 



*' TOLLING " WILD ANIMALS JJ 



SMALL BOAT WRINKLES 8I 



SHOOTING A GRIZZLY WITH A COFFEE-POT 8/ 



SHOOTING FROM A CANOE lOO 



THE UNINVITED GUEST IO5 



OUTGUESSING A BULL II8 



THE GRIZZLY AGREES I24 



THE BUSINESS OF MOOSE-HUNTING 1 29 



SPORTING INNOCENTS ABROAD 134 



CANOEING IN SWIFT WATER I4I 



CANOEING IN SWIFT WATER {cotltinued) 154 



CANOEING IN SWIFT WATER (continued) 164 



WHITE MOOSE 175 



SAVING MOOSE MEAT 18I 



THE NINE-MILE HOLD-UP 186 



FLY-FISHING AMONG THE ICE-CAKES 201 



RESURRECTION 204 



A CRUISE ON LAKE ROSSIGNOL, NOVA SCOTIA 208 



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