VI PREFACE. 



descriptions of their mode of life, and of how they are found, 

 hunted, or trapped. I have described in the same way some 

 of the most remarkable trees and plants; and from the ac- 

 counts I have given I trust that a knowledge may be obtained 

 of the way they are cultivated, and how their produce is 

 prepared and employed. Thus I hope that, with the aid of 

 the numerous illustrations in the work, a correct idea will be 

 gained of the wilder and more romantic portions of the great 

 Western World. 



WILLIAM H. G. KINGSTON. 



