CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE OBJECT OP OUR EXPEDITION A GLIMPSE OP ALASKA THROUGH CAP- 

 TAIN WALRUS' GLASS WE ARE TEMPTED BY OUR RECENT PURCHASE 



ALASKAN GAMB OP " OLD SLEDGE " THE EARLY STRUGGLES OP KAN- 

 SAS THE SMOKY HILL TRAIL INDIAN HIGH ART THE "BORDER- 

 RUFFIAN," PAST AND PRESENT TOPEKA HOW IT RECEIVED ITS 



NAME WAUKARUSA AND ITS LEGEND, 



25-36 



CHAPTER II. 



A. CHAPTER OP INTRODUCTIONS PROFESSOR PALEOZOIC TAMMANY SACHEM 



DOCTOR PYTHAGORAS GENUINE MUGGS COLON AND SEMI-COLON 



SHAMUS DOBEEN TENACIOUS GRIPE BUGS AND PHILOSOPHY HOW 



GRIPE BECAME A REPUBLICAN, 36-54 



CHAPTER III. 



THE TOPEKA AUCTIONEER MUGGS GETS A BARGAIN CYNOCEPHALUS 

 INDIAN SUMMER IN KANSAS HUNTING PRAIRIE CHICKENS OUR FIRST 

 DAY'S SPORT, 



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CHAPTER IV. 



CHICKEN-SHOOTING CONTINUED A SCIENTIFIC PARTY TAKE THE BIRDS ON 



THE WING EVILS OP FAST FIRING AN OLD-FASHIONED "SLOW SHOT" 



THE HABITS OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN ITS PROSPECTIVE EXTINC- 

 TION liODE OF HUNTING IT THE GOPHER SCALP LAW, 



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64-74 



