CONTENTS 



Silver Fields 3 



Fox-HuNTiNG IN New England 17 



Danvis Farm Life 42 



sobapsqua 39 



Black-Bass-Fishing in Sungahneetuk 105 



On a Glass Roof 124 



Merino Sheep 141 



A Little Beaver 158 



Trapping up Little Otter 165 



The Boy 182 



I. take the boy 182 



ii. the boy and the gun 184 



iii. the boy and the angle 186 



The Country Doctor 191 



Portraits in Ink I95 



I. THE FARMER 195 



II. THE TRAPPER 198 



in. THE SHOEMAKER 201 



iv. the anticipator 203 



v. a professor of fishing 200 



Small Shot 209 



I. some poor men's RICHES 209 



ii. the old gun 212 



iii. the sorrows of sportsmen 214 



iv. the goose-killers 217 



v. why not wait? 220 



New England Fences 222 



Hunting the Honey-Bee 243 



The Voices of the Seasons 256 



