Xll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



still hunting, or stalking ; fire-hunting, not a sport. Quid of Quincy ; deer 

 over pointers ; waiting at a stand ; riding to hounds ; still hunting ; moose 

 and cariboo, on snow-shoes ; stalking buft'alo ; riding to buffalo ; shooting 

 from the saddle ; where to plant the ball ; what sized balls ; sporting rifles; 

 how stocked ; how sighted ; always reload at once ; turkey hunting ; with a 

 call ; over beagles ; true sportsmanship 361-362 



GAME FISH. 



EIVEE FISH AND FISHING. 



Stonehenge's manual ; American fishes. The salmon ; the sea trout ; the com- 

 mon trout ; the lake trout ; the siskawit ; the maskalonge ; the pickerel ; 

 the chub, roach, and dace ; the carp ; the bass ; the striped bass ; the black 

 bass ; the rock bass ; the growler ; the pike-perch ; the perch ; the sunfish ; 

 the eel. The line, reel, and hook ; reel lines ; silk and hair ; Indian weed ; 

 silk; hair; reels; the foot length ; English, Scotch, and Irish hooks ; floats; 

 sinkers; swivels 363-379 



THEEOD. The general rod; the fly -rod 379 



NATURAL AND GROUND BAITS. The earth-worm ; dew-worm ; marsh-worm ; 

 tag-tail; brandling; red-worm; shrimps; cockchafers; beetles; grasshop- 

 pers; moths; ephemera; caddises; humble bees; gentles; salmon roe; 

 shad roe ; smelt roe ; shrimp paste ; bread paste ; ground bait ; fish bait ; 

 dead fish ; spinning ; trolling with the gorge hook ; to keep bait fish. Live 

 bait 379-393 



ARTIFICIAL BAIT AND FLIES. How to tie flies. List of twenty-four trout flies ; 

 salmon flies ; the landing net, gaff, &c., &c 893-405 



BAIT FISHING. For minnows and small fish 406, 407 



CARP FISHING. Best rod, line, &c., &c. ; ground baits; baits; season; 

 method 407-409 



PERCH FISHING. For small ones ; hooks ; baits ; large fish ; with the minnow ; 

 roving ; spinning ; the gorge ; the method 409^13 



PICKEREL FISHING. The tackle ; the rod ; the reel ; the line ; the baits ; the 

 snap; the gorge; to spin; to bait; the season; to throw; to strike; to 

 play ; to kill ; to land; to extract the hooks. The snap-bait; how to strike 

 with it; the gorge hook; least cruel; tackle for gorge trolling; how to 

 cast ; how to strike ; how to remove the bait ; the spoon . . 413-422 



BASS FISHING. Various methods of; the striped bass ; will take real or artificial 

 squid; artificial salmon fly; may be taken by spinning, trolling, or bottom 

 fishing ; shad roe in spring. Black and rock bass of the lakes. The ibis fly ; 

 trolling- the spoon. The growler and pike perch, taken with the craw 

 fish . 423 



