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CHAPTER VL 



Montauk Point. American Golden Plover or Frost-Bird. 

 A True Story of Three Thousand in a Flock. Lester's 

 Tavern. Good Eating, Fine Fishing, and Splendid 

 Shooting. The Nepeague Beach 178 



CHAPTER VII. 



Rail and Rail-Shooting. Seasons, Localities, and Incidents 

 of Sport. Use of Breech-loader or Muzzle-loader. 

 Equipment 190 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Wild-Fowl Shooting. General Directions, from Boats, 

 Blinds, or Batteries. Retrievers from Baltimore and 

 Newfoundland. "Western Sport. Equipment 205 



CHAPTER IX. 



Duck-Shooiing on tlie Inland Lakes. The Club House. 

 Practical Views of Practical Men. Moral Tales. A 

 Day's Fishing. The Closing Scenes 219 



CHAPTER X. 



Suggestions to Sportsmen. A Definition of the Term. 

 Crack Shots. The Art of Shooting. The Art of not 

 Shooting. 2*71 



CHAPTER XI. 



Trap-Shooting. Its Justification. The Assistants. 

 Rules and Regulations. Care of Birds. Tricks of the 

 Trade . . 288 



APPENDIX. 



Ornithological Descriptions of the Geese and Ducks, with 

 Remarks and Suggestions on their Habits. Rules of 

 Trap-shooting 303 



