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INDEX. 



Gunpowder, what kind preferred, 435. 

 anecdote, 435. 

 glazed and unglazed, 437. 

 tests for, 438. 



epreuvette, or powder-prover, 438. 

 to preserve from moisture, 439. 

 impure, 440. 

 to dry damp, 441. 

 discovery and introduction, 455. 

 well known to the ancients, 455. 

 remarks of Uffano on, 455. 

 use of, in China, 455. 

 used by King Vitney, 456. 

 referred to by Philostratus, 456. 

 used by the Oxydracee, 456. 

 deters Alexander the Great, 456. 

 employed against Hercules, 456. 

 employed against Bacchus, 456. 

 used in India, 456. 

 known to Friar Bacon, 456. 

 mentioned in the Opus Magus, 456. 

 inquiries into the early origin of, 456. 

 known to the Chinese, 457. 

 discovery concealed, 457. 

 reasons for concealment, 457. 

 discovered by Berthold Schwarz, 457. 

 monument erected in commemoration 



of, 458. 



used by Edward III., 458. 

 used by Henry VIII., 458. 

 used by Elizabeth, 458. 

 used in hand-goune, 458. 

 used in wheel-lock goune, 458. 



H. 



Hand-goune, when invented, 458. 

 Hanger's, General George, lotion, 537. 



receipt for sportsman's beef, 512. 

 Hare, American, 385. 



gray rabbit, 385. 



Lepus sylvaticus, 385. 



description, 385. 



locality and general characteristics, 

 386. 



not a rabbit, 386. 



the speed of, 389. 



a nocturnal animal, 390. 



food of, 390. 



flesh of, 391. 



hunting, 392. 



domestication, 393. 



cry of the, enemies of the, 393. 



varieties, 394. 



cooking the, 513. 

 Hares, terms applicable to, 34. 



great abundance in Iowa, 111. 



numbers destroyed, 139. 

 Havre de Grace, partridges caught near, 



136. 



Hawker, Colonel, on wild-fowl shooting, 

 306. 



comments on wild fowl, 310. 



the Magnus Apollo, 359. 



Hawker, Colonel, dressing for shooting- 

 boots, 422. 



receipt for soup, 505. 



cooking of wild fowl, 507. 

 Hawks, the quill-feathers of, 26. 



conflicts with partridges, 120. 



destroy numbers of partridges, 161. 



their boldness, 151. 



the alarm they occasion, 151. 



prey upon ducks, 152. 



sportsmen should kill, 152. 

 Heels galled, how to treat, 530. 

 Hellebore, quails feed on, 129. 



their flesh poisoned by, 129. 

 Hemorrhage, to preserve wounded bird 

 from, 520. 



to stop accidental, 538. 

 Henry IV. of France, a falcon belonging 



to, 312. 



its rapid flight, 312. 



Henry VIII., wild turkey introduced in 

 the reign of, 183. 



uses gunpowder, 458. 



guns used by, 460. 

 Hercules, Egyptian, 456. 

 Hispania, coasts of, devastated, 182. 

 Hominum servatorem, 492. 

 Hound, description of, 54. (See DOG.) 

 Hubbell, great number of rail killed by, 



277. 

 Hygiene, general remarks, 523. 



atmospheric vicissitudes, 523. 



caution to sportsmen, 523. 



proper clothing, 523. 



an ounce of precaution, 524. 



" temperance, joy, and repose," 524. 



hot tea and coffee, 524. 



catarrhs, rheumatism, 524. 



overheated, 525. 



death caused by imprudence, 525. 



state of the atmosphere, 525. 



malarious districts, 526. 



precautions to be adopted, 526. 



noxious exhalations, 526. 



diet and drink, 526. 



exercise, perpetual motion, 527. 



headache and malaise, 527. 



pure water the best drink, 527. 



fondness for vinous liquors, 527. 



avoid drinking bad liquors, 528. 



I. 



Illinois, game-laws of, 141. 



abundance of grouse in, 204. 

 Indiana, grouse in, 204. 

 Indians regard with horror slaughter of 

 game, 230. 



kill great numbers of geese, 376. 

 Iowa, abundance of game in, 111. 



partridges in, 111. 



prairie chickens, 111. 



hares, 111. 



deer, 111. 



