CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



INTRODUCTION BY LORD STRATHCONA . . . vii 



PREFACE ......... ix 



I NOVA SCOTIA ....... i 



II THE LIFE OF THE FARM-COTTAGE IN NOVA SCOTIA . . 11 



III TO-DAY'S OPPORTUNITY IN NOVA SCOTIA . . 16 



IV THE CYCLE OF THE SEASONS . .22 

 V A DAY ON A NOVA SCOTIAN TROUT LAKE ... 30 



VI SEA-TROUT FISHING ....... 36 



VII ONE SALMON: A NOVA SCOTIAN SALMON STREAM IN SPAT.: 42 



VIII SUMMER DAYS ON A NOVA SCOTIAN SALMON STREAM . 47 



IX SPORT ON THE SALMON RIVERS OF EASTERN CANADA . 56 



X THE SEA-TROUT AND SALMON STREAMS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 66 



XI COCK SHOOTING ........ 77 



XII SNIPE SHOOTING 92 



XIII IN THE HAUNTS OF THE CANADA GOOSE. . . . 100 



XIV MOOSE HUNTING IN THE BACKWOODS . . . .no 

 XV MOOSE HUNTING IN NOVA SCOTIA . . . . 117 



XVI THE BEGUILING OF THE MOOSE BULL . . . .122 



XVII A MOOSE HUNT ON SNOW-SHOES 127 



XVIII A BRUSH WITH A CARIBOU ...... 138 



XIX DEER STALKING ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND BARRENS . 147 



XX 'HELD UP' BY A CARIBOU STAG 162 



XXI A BLACK BEAR HUNT 168 



XXII A SUMMER SAIL TO THE LABRADOR COAST . . . 186 



XXIII A VISIT TO SABLE ISLAND 199 



XXIV AMONG THE WILD PONIES OF SABLE ISLAND . . . 207 

 XXV IN THE LUMBER WOODS 217 



XXVI A BIRCH-BARK CANOE TRIP ...... 226 



APPENDIX : Game Laws of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and 



Newfoundland . . . . . . . ?47 



xiii 



