To my friend and companion, 0. H. Platt, of Meriden, 

 Conn., with whom I have passed many happy hours by 

 mountain and stream, and shared the sportsman's tri- 

 umph and the sportsman's toil; in memory of many a 

 tramp and midnight bivouac, and as a token of my very 

 sincere regard and friendship, Ihis book is affectionately 

 dedicated. 



W. H. H. M. 



Boston, April, 1869. 



