CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



INTRODUCTION BY LORD STRATHCONA . . . . vii 



PREFACE ......... ix 



I NOVA SCOTIA i 



II THE LIFE OF THE FARM-COTTAGE IN NOVA SCOTIA . .11 



III TO-DAY'S OPPORTUNITY IN NOVA SCOTIA 16 



IV THE CYCLE OF THE SEASONS 22 



V A DAY ON A NOVA SCOTIAN TROUT LAKE ... 30 



"VI SEA-TROUT FISHING ....... 36 



VII ONE SALMON: A NOVA SCOTIAN SALMON STREAM IN SPATE 42 



VIII SUMMER DAYS ON A NOVA SCOTIAN SALMON STREAM . 47 



IX SPORT ON THE SALMON RIVERS OF EASTERN CANADA . 56 



X THE SEA-TROUT AND SALMON STREAMS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 66 



XI COCK SHOOTING ........ 77 



XII SNIPE SHOOTING ........ 92 



XIII IN THE HAUNTS OF THE CANADA GOOSE .... 100 



XIV MOOSE HUNTING IN THE BACKWOODS . . . .no 

 XV MOOSE HUNTING IN NOVA SCOTIA . . . . 117 



XVI THE BEGUILING OF THE MOOSE BULL . . . .122 



XVII A MOOSE HUNT ON SNOW-SHOES . . . . .127 



XVIII A BRUSH WITH A CARIBOU . . . . . .138 



XIX DEER STALKING ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND BARRENS . .147 



XX 'HELD UP' BY A CARIBOU STAG ..... 162 



XXI A BLACK BEAR HUNT 168 



XXII A SUMMER SAIL TO THE LABRADOR COAST . . .186 



XXIII A VISIT TO SABLE ISLAND . . . . . .199 



XXIV AMONG THE WILD PONIES OF SABLE ISLAND . . . 207 

 XXV IN THE LUMBER WOODS . . . . . .217 



XXVI A BIRCH-BARK CANOE TRIP ...... 226 



APPENDIX: Game Laws of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and 



Newfoundland ........ 247 



