CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



THE BISON OR AMERICAN BUFFALO 



Extermination of the Bison My Brother and Cousin 

 Take a Hunting Trip in Texas Hardships Hunting 

 on the Brazos Many Buffalo Slain Following Four 

 Bulls A Stampede Splitting the Herd Occasional 

 Charges A Comanche War Party Great Herds on 

 the Arkansas Adventure of Clarence King The 

 Bison of the Mountains At the Vanishing Point A 

 Hunt for Mountain Bison A Trail Discovered Skil- 

 ful Tracking A Band of Six Death of the Bull A 

 Camp in the Canyon 3 



CHAPTER II 



THE BLACK BEAR 



Habits of the Black Bear Holds His Own Well in the 

 Land The Old Hunters Hunting Bear with Dogs 

 General Hampton's Hunting Black Bear at Bay A 

 Bear Catching Mice and Chipmunks Occasional Raids 

 on the Farmyard Their Weight Those I Have 

 Killed 37 



CHAPTER III 



OLD EPHRAIM, THE GRISLY BEAR 



The King of American Game Varieties of the Grisly 

 Worthlessness of Old Hunters' Opinions Grisly Con- 

 trasted with Black Bear Size Habits in Old Times 

 Habits Nowadays Hibernating Cattle Killing 



