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boyhood's appetite resting over all the dishes. After the meal, 

 with his feet to the fire, he can have diversion in the way of 

 either comedy or tragedy, or both, by listening to frontier tales. 

 When bed-time comes, he will barely have time to roll under 

 the blankets, before sweet sleep closes his eyes, and the 

 twinkling stars look down upon a being over whom the angel 

 of health is again hovering. 



No extensive preparation for a western sporting trip is 

 needed, as an outfit can be obtained at any of the larger towns, 

 in either Kansas, Nebraska, or Colorado. 



Of the three districts just named, I decidedly prefer the 

 former for the pursuit of such game as I have endeavored to 

 describe in Bufialo Land. The eastern half of Kansas 

 furnishes chicken and quail shooting. The birds have in- 

 creased rapidly during late years, and at any point fifty miles 

 west of the eastern line, the sportsman will find plenty of 

 work for a dog and gun. The ground lies well for good shoot- 

 ing, being a gently rolling prairie, with plenty of watering- 

 places. The cover is excellent, and with a good dog there is 

 little trouble, between August and November, in flushing the 

 chickens singly, and getting an excellent record out of any 

 covey. 



Wild fowl shooting is poor, there being no lakes or feeding- 

 grounds. The best sport of that kind I ever had was in Wis- 

 consin and Minnesota. 



WHAT TO DO, IF LOST ON THE PLAINS. 



There have been several instances in which gentlemen, led 

 away from their party in the excitement of the chase, when 

 wishing to return, suddenly found themselves lost. Judge 



