OF THE ANIMALS OF CHASE IN SOUTH 

 0AEOUNA. 



THE title of our little book suggests the propriety 

 of saying something of those animals which are the 

 objects of chase with our sportsmen. These are the 

 black bear, the deer, the wild cat and the fox. To 

 these might have been added, some years back, the 

 panther, the wolf, now nearly extinct ; and, upward 

 of a century ago, the buffalo ; which, as Catesby 

 informs us, was, about the year 1712, found in herds 

 within thirty miles of Charleston. 



The maritime portions of Carolina and Georgia 

 were well calculated, when in a state of nature, to 

 give shelter and protection to these denizens of the 

 forest ; being intersected by frequent streams, and 

 covered, especially among the swamps, by a dense 

 undergrowth of shrubs and creeping plants, that 

 made pursuit impracticable. But, in the progress 

 of events, these things are much changed; the 

 impervious swamps have been subdued to the cul- 

 ture of rice ; the high lands have exchanged their 



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