4 Preface. 



records, namely, Washington Irving's "Astoria," 

 and Mr. A. Ross's " Adventures on the Oregon 

 River." For the natural history portion of the 

 book I have also followed the best authorities, 

 namely, Messrs. Audubon and Bachman, Sir John 

 Richardson, and Mr, Samuel Hearne. 



My original intention was to change the scene 

 from the Canadian forests to the prairie land of the 

 Far West, with its wandering bands of warlike 

 Indians and larger Fauna — the buffalo and the 

 grizzly bear, but the space at my command pre- 

 vented this, and I have confined myself solely 

 to forest hunting and trapping. Whether the 

 reception accorded to this little volume will justify 

 me in supplementing it with another, remains to 

 be seen. 



C H. EDEN. 



