CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



piorc. 



THK OBJECT OP OUR EXPEDITION A GLIMPSE OP ALASKA THROUGH CAP- 

 TAIN WALRUS* GLASS WE ARE TEMPTED BY OUR RECENT PURCHASE 

 ALASKAN GAMK OP "OLD SLEDGE " THE EARLY STRUGGLES OF KAN- 

 SAS THE SMOKY HILL TRAIL INDIAN HIGH ART THE "BORDER- 

 RUFFIAN," PAST AND PRESENT TOPEKA HOW IT RECEIVED ITS 

 NAME WAUKARUSA AND ITS LEGEND, 25-36 



CHAPTER II. 



A CHAPTER OP INTRODUCTIONS PROFESSOR PALEOZOIC TAMMANY SACHEM 



DOCTOR PYTHAGORAS GENUINE MUGGS COLON AND SEMI-COLON 



BHAMDS DOBEEN TENACIOUS GRIPE BUGS AND PHILOSOPHY HOW 



GRIPE BECAME A REPUBLICAN, 36-54 



CHAPTER III. 



THK TOPEKA AUCTIONEER MUGGS GETS A BARGAIN CYNOCEPHALUS 



INDIAN SUMMER IN KANSAS HUNTING PRAIRIE CHICKENS OUR FIRST 

 DAY'S SPORT, 



55-63 



CHAPTER IV. 



CHICKEN-SHOOTING CONTINUED A SCIENTIFIC PARTY TAKE THE BIRDS ON 



THE WING EVILS OF FAST FIRING AN OLD-FASHIONED "SLOW SHOT 1 ' 



THE HABITS OF THK PRAIRIE CHICKEN ITS PROSPECTIVE EXTINC- 

 TION liODE OP HUNTING IT THE GOPHER SCALP LAW, 



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64-74 



