CONTENTS 



Great Increase of Field Shooting Delights of the Sport Expe- 

 rience in the Field Beginning in Albany County, New York, at 

 Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Removal to Sangamon River, Illi- 

 nois Great Abundance of Game Numerous Deer Removal to 

 Elkhart, Logan County Vast Numbers of Pinnated (Jrouse 

 Gillott's Grove Osage Orange Hedges and Quail Pinnated 

 Grouse shot too early Diminution of Breeding Places Migration 

 of the Grouse late In Fall Ducks and Geese in Corn-Fields 

 Nesting Places of Grouse and of Quail Evil of Prairie- 

 Burning late in Spring Snipe, Golden Plover, and Upland Plover 

 The American Hare or Rabbit Hawks after Game The Win- 

 nebago Swamp Breeding-place of Ducks and Crane Wolves in 

 the Swamp A Wolf-Hunt in Gillott's Grove Eagles and Foxes, 

 etc., 13-34 



CHAPTER II. 

 GUNS AND THKIR PROPER CHARGES, 



Skill and Ingenuity of Gunmakers Improvements and Inventions 

 of Late Years Vast Advantage from the Breech-Loader Safest 

 and best of Guns Proved by Experience Close Hard Shooting 

 Convenience Safety and Rapidity of Loading Certainty in Wet 

 Weather Comparative Cost of Breech-Loaders Metallic Car- 

 tridge-CasesSize of Guns Advantage of Weight The Suitable 

 Stock Proper Filling of Cartridges Trials of Guns Breech- 

 Loader vs. Muzzle-LoaderLoading of ( artridges Quantity of 

 Powder Sizes of Shot for Different Game Dead-Shot Powder 

 Tatham's Shot Disadvantage of very Large Shot, . . 35-64 



