C ONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAOEB. 

 THE OBJECT OF OUR EXPEDITION A GLIMPSE OF ALASKA THROUGH CAP- 

 TAIN walrus' glass WE ARE TEMPTED I!Y OCR RECENT PURCHASE — 



ALASKAN GAME 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, 2&-35 



CHAPTER II. 



A CHAPTER OF INTRODUCTIONS — PROFESSOR PALEOZOIC TAMMANY SACHEM 



DOCTOR PYTHAGORAS GENUINE MUGG3 — COLON AND SEMI-COLON 



BHAMUS DOBEEN TENACIOUS GRIPE BUGS AND PHILOSOPHY HOW 



GRIPE BECAME A REPUBLICAN, ....... 36-54 



CHAPTER III. 



THE TOPEKA AUCTIONEER — MUGGS GETS A BARGAIN — CYNOCEPHALUS — 

 INDIAN SUMMER IN KANSAS — HUNTING PRAIRIE CHICKENS OUR FIRST 



day's SPORT, 55-G3 



CHAPTER IV. 



CHICKEN-SHOOTING CONTINUED — A SCIENTIFIC PARTY TAKE THE BIRDS ON 



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



— THE HABITS OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN — ITS PROSPECTIVE EXTINC- 

 TION MODE OF HUNTING IT — THE GOPHER SCALP LAW, . . . G4- 



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