INDEX. 



A. 



Accnm, 493. 



comments on the gluttony of savages, 



493. 

 comments on the pleasures of the table, 



493. 

 comments on the frozen markets of St. 



Petersburg and Moscow, 497. 

 Achilles, the bravery of, 456. 

 Act of Assembly, 141. 



against killing game in Delaware, 141. 

 against killing game in Illinois and 



other Western States, 141. 

 against killing game in Maryland, 141. 

 against killing game in New Jersey, 



141. 

 against killing game in Pennsylvania, 



141. 



Africa, guns made for, 478. 

 Age of the dog, 539. 

 Ah Bob White, 123. 

 Ajax, the bravery of, 456. 

 Alexander the Great : superstitious dread 



of gunpowder, 456. 

 Ambush, erected on the flats, 338. 



how constructed, 338. 

 Amputate the wing of a wounded bird, how 



to, 521. 



Anecdote, snipe-shooting, 249. 

 swan-shooting, 344. 

 punters', of frozen ducks, 345. 

 of Colonel Hawker, 348. 

 Apicius, extraordinary feast of, 494. 

 Apollonius Tyanaeus, refers to gunpowder, 



456. 



Philostratus, historian of, 456. 

 Audubon, description of driving partridges, 



142. 



description of the wild turkey, 173. 

 observations on the migrations of 



squirrels, 405. 



comments on cooking game, 503. 

 Auriculars, ear-coverts, their position and 



use, 26. 



Auri saora fames of the present day, 141. 

 Aztecs, wild turkey domesticated among, 

 184. 



B. 



Bacchus, Egyptian, repulsed with gun 

 powder, 456. 



Backwoodsmen of America, 99. 



their exploits with the rifle, 99. 



killing squirrels and wild turkeys, 99. 

 Bacon, Friar, his knowledge of gunpowder, 



456. 



Bald-pate. 357. (See WIDGEON.) 

 Barnyard ducks, fed on celery, 318. 

 Barrels, leading of, how freed, 426. 

 Bar-shooting, 343. 

 Bartram, statement respecting young rails, 



266. 



Bastard-wing, description of, 26. 

 Bats, acute sensation of, 30. 

 Battery, description of, 329. 



great numbers of ducks shot from, 330. 



mode of building, 332. 



explanation of the model, 334. 

 Bears in Iowa, 111. 



large numbers destroyed, 139. 

 Beef, sportsman's, how made, 511. 

 Beetle or bull-head, 295. (See PLOVBR.) 

 Birds, batting, 235. 



flesh of, made poisonous, 126. 



measurement of, 28. 



moulting, 30. 



nocturnal, 29. 



serpents, charming, 121. 



technical terms applied to, 25. 

 Black or dusky duck, 368. 



well known in the Philadelphia mar- 

 ket, 368. 



habits and description, 369. 

 Black-bellied plover, 294. (See PLOVER.) 

 Blow, treatment of, 534. 

 Bob-o-link, 256. (See REED-BIRD.) 

 Boots, shooting, 477. 



best kind, 418. 



receipts for dressing, 421. 

 Boswell, comments on Dr. Johnson's eat- 

 ing, 489. 



Both eyes open, 108. 

 Bowles, Mr., description of the feeding of 



woodcocks, 219. 

 Box, 329. (See BATTERY.) 

 Brace or couple, what is understood by a, 



Brant or brent, barnacle goose, 381. 



Anas bernicla, habits, haunts, 381. 



how killed, description, 382. 



a gang of, 34. 



Breaking dogs, the science of. (See DOGS.) 

 Breech-loading guns, 462. 



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