118 GAME. 



another beating a marsh for snipe, or quartering the grass 

 for grouse or quail in true Eastern style. One gets less 

 large game in this kind of hunting, but he has a vast 

 deal more enjoyment. 



The most delightful hunting of this kind I have ever 

 had was in the country south-east of Fort Dodge, on the 

 small tributaries of the Cimarron Eiver. I append the 

 record of a hunt of twenty days in this section, in October 

 1872, in which one officer besides myself and three 

 English gentlemen participated. Everything bagged was 

 counted as one, and an idea of the sport can be formed 

 from this list : 



127 buffalo. 6 cranes. 



2 deer (red). 1 87 quail. 

 11 antelope. 32 grouse. 



154 turkeys. 84 field-plover. 



5 geese. 33 yellow legs (snipe). 



223 teal. 12 jack snipe. 



45 mallard. 1 pigeon. 



49 shovel-bill. 9 hawks. 



57 widgeon. 3 owls. 



38 butter-ducks. 2 badgers. 



3 shell-ducks. 7 racoons. 



17 herons. 11 rattlesnakes. 



143 meadow larks, doves, robins, &c. 

 1 blue bird, for his sweetheart's hat. 



Total head bagged, 1,262. 



The next year nearly the same party, diminished by 

 one, went over nearly the same ground with a bag of like 

 variety, numbering 1,141. 



I think that the whole world can safely be challenged 

 to offer a greater variety of game to the sportsman. 



