The Wilderness and Its Tenants. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Domain of Nature. Value of Experiences gained in a Wild 

 Country. The Senses blunted by City Life for Observation of Natural 

 Details. Attractions of Wild Life and Scenery. The Hunting Instinct 

 in Mankind. The Spirit of Adventure. Home and Foreign Field Sports. 

 The White Conquest of America. The Aboriginal Races of Mankind. 

 Changeless Aspect of the Wilderness. Inhabitants mostly Confined to 

 Village or City Communities. Cemeteries in the Plain. Deep Travel-worn 

 Paths. Civilized Man and Wild Game. The Red Man and the White. 

 "The White Man's Fly." An Indian Chief's Appeal to the Mercy of 

 his White Conquerors. Darwinian Theory of the Survival of the Fittest. 

 Life as an Incessant Warfare. Mr. Froude on the Disappearance of 

 Wild Races. Opinions of Great Hunters and Travellers upon Life in 

 the Wilderness. Travelling in Search of Health. Unnecessary Hardships 

 to be Avoided. Habits of Observation the First Qualification for a 

 Traveller. 



WHEN the old traveller proceeds to review the 

 various topics connected with such a subject as 

 that of "The Wilderness and Its Tenants" (or in 

 other words " The Domain of Nature," as distinguished 

 from the settlements and habitations of Man), he finds 

 himself met at the outset by a crowd of recollections, 

 which rise up like spectres before the mind's eye, and, 

 after the manner of champions in the old Olympian 

 games, seem to contend with each other for a leading 

 place in the narrative. 



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