FLORIDA 



AND THE 



GAME WATER-BIRDS 



OF THE 



Atlantic Coast and the Lakes of the United States. 



With a full Account of the Sporting along our Sea-shores and Inland 

 Waters, and Eemarks on Breech-Loaders and Hammerless Guns, 



By ROBERT BARNWELL ROOSEVELT, 



Fifth of North America" " Si 

 Much" ' k 7m," "Polyanthus, 



ILLUSTRATED. 



Author of " The Game Fifth of North America." " Superior Fishing," " Fivt 

 Acres Too Much," "7m," "Polyanthus," etc ., etc. 



CONTENTS. 

 PART I. FLORIDA. 



CHAPTER I. Florida. The Inland Passage. 

 CHAPTER II. In Florida. 

 CHAPTER III. Currituck Marshes. 



PART II. THE GAME WATER-BIRDS. 



CHAPTER I. Game of Ancient and Modern Days. Its Protection and Impor- 

 tance. The proper Shooting Seasons. The Impolicy of Using Batteries 

 and Pivot-Guns. 



CHAPTER II. Guns and Gunnery. Breech-loaders compared with Muzzle- 

 loaders. All tho Late Improvements in Breech-loaders. Hammerless Guns. 



CHAPTER III. Bay-snipe Shooting. The Birds, their Habits, Peculiarities, and 

 places of Resort. Stools and Whistles. Dress and Implements appropriate 

 to their pursuit. Their Names and Mode of Capture. 



CHAPTER IV. The New Jersey Coast. Jersey Girls and their pleasant way?. 

 The peculiarities of Bay-snipe further elucidated. Mosquitoes rampant. 

 Good Shooting and *" Fancy " Sport. Shipwrecks and Ghosts. 



CHAPTER V. Bay-Bird?. - Particular Descriptions and Scientific Characteristics. 

 A Complete Account of each Variety. 



CHAPTER VI. Montauk Point, American Golden Plover or Frost-Bird. A 

 True Story of Three Thousand in a Flock. Lester's Tavern. Good Eating, 

 Fine Fishing, and Splendid Shooting. The Nepeague Beach. 



CHAPTER VII. -Rail and Rail-Shootinz Seasons, Localities, and Incidents of 

 Sport. Use of Breech-loader or Muzzle-loader. Equipment. 



CHAPTER VIII. Wild-Fowl Shooting. General Directions, from Boats, Blinds, 

 or Batteries. Retrievers from Baltimore and Newfoundland. Western 

 Sport. Equipment. 



CHAPTER IX. Du/ik-Shooting on the Inland Lakes. The Club House. Prac- 

 licil Views of Practical Men.-Moral Tales. A Day's Fishing. The Clos- 

 ing Scenes. 



CHAPTER X. Suggestions to Sportsmen. A Definition of the Term. Crack 

 Shots. The Art of Shooting. The Art of not Shooting. 



CHAPTER XL Directions for Building a Battery. 



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