THE ENGLISH SPORTSMAN 



THE 



WESTERN PRAIRIES, 



CHAPTER I. 



DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND OBJECTS OF TRAYEL ANTICIPATIONS 



MY GUNS AND DOGS DIFFICULTIES AS TO THE LATTER REMOYED 



BY SIR SAMUEL CUNARD AMERICAN IDENTIFICATION FAREWELL 



AT LORD SEFTON'S ON BOARD THE AFRICA THE INQUISITIVE 



PORTER HOME-SICK RECOLLECTIONS SIR JOHN RENNIE AND MR 



BROWN A TRAYELLING COMFORT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MY FIRST 



WHALE SHIP'S MUSIC NO LULLABY YES, SIR! SETTLING A MED 

 DLESOME OLD GENTLEMAN LOYELY AURORA BOREALIS BRUTUS 

 AND THE FEMALE HAND THE AMERICAN PILOT ON SHORE. 



IN the summer of 1859 I arranged my plans for prosecut 

 ing a mission to the prairies via New York, in search of 

 game, and with a view to collect as much information as 

 possible in regard to that gigantic country of America as 

 the short space of three months would permit. 



When it was known among my friends in England that 

 I proposed to leave Liverpool on the 20th of August, 

 visit the plains, and hunt the buffalo, or, more correctly 



