Contents 



PACE 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OLD WINCHESTER I 



OUTSTALKING A COUGAR 3 



TROUT-FISHING EAST VCTSUS WEST 9 



NOVA SCOTIA TROUT-FISHING IN SEPTEMBER 1 8 



WORMS 3 



WINTER FLY-FISHING IN NOVA SCOTIA 34 

 ILLUSTRATING THE " TIMIDITY " OF THE NOVA SCOTIA BLACK 



BEAR 38 



FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITY NIMRODS 46 



MEMORIES OF MOOSE-SHOOTING 59 



U-FISH 7 1 



" TOLLING " WILD ANIMALS 77 



SMALL BOAT WRINKLES 8 1 



SHOOTING A GRIZZLY WITH A COFFEE-POT 87 



SHOOTING FROM A CANOE IOO 



THE UNINVITED GUEST IC5 



OUTGUESSING A BULL Il8 



THE GRIZZLY AGREES 124 



THE BUSINESS OF MOOSE-HUNTING 1^9 



SPORTING INNOCENTS ABROAD 134 



CANOEING IN SWIFT WATER H 1 



CANOEING IN SWIFT WATER (continued) 154 



CANOEING IN SWIFT WATER (continued) 164 



WHITE MOOSE 175 



SAVING MOOSE MEAT l8l 



THE NINE-MILE HOLD-UP 1 86 



FLY-FISHING AMONG THE ICE-CAKES 2OI 



RESURRECTION 204 



A CRUISE ON LAKE ROSSIGNOL, NOVA SCOTIA 2O8 



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