INDEX. 



A 



Accum, 438 



comiuents on the gluttony of Sa- 

 vages, 438 

 remarks on the pleasures of the 



table, 439 

 frozen markets of St. Petersburgh 

 and Moscow, 44 

 Achilles, 404 

 Age of the Dog, 479 

 Ajax, 404 

 Alexander the Great, 404 



deteiTcd by a supei'stitious dread 

 of gunpowder, 404 

 Ambush, 275 



erected on the flats, 275 ' 

 bow constructed, 275 

 with what success, 276 

 Anecdote — 



Snipe shooting, 190 

 Swan shooting, 281 

 Punters'— of frozen Ducks, 283 

 of Captain Hawker, 285 

 Apicius — 



his extraordinary feast, 438 

 Art of shooting, 282 

 Audubon, 88 



account of driving Partridges, 88, 89 

 account of Goshawk attacking Wild 



Fowl, 97 

 description of the AYild Turkey, 118 

 remarks on the Wild Turkey, 123, 



124, 125, 127 

 description of Turkey pens, 129, 



130 

 further remarks on the Wild Tur- 

 key, 132 

 on the drumming of Pheasants, 138 

 on migrations of Birds, 139 

 on the flight of the Gallinaceous 



Birds, 139 

 denial of the popular notion re- 

 specting Pheasants, 142 

 on the Prairie Hen, 149 

 domestication of them, 150 



81 



Audubon — continued. 



on the notes of the Snipe, 182 



the Reed Bird, 200 



as to cooking game, 446. 

 Aztecs — 



Wild Turkey common with the, 129 



B 



Bacchus, 404 

 Bacon, Friar, 404 



his knowledge of Gunpowder, 404 



how obtained, 404 

 Bartram, 206 



statement respecting Piails, 206 

 Battery, 267 



description of, 267 



great numbers of Ducks shot from, 

 268, 269 



mode of shooting from, 269 



mode of building, 270 



description of the Model, 270, 271 

 Beef, Sportsman's, 454 



how made, 454 



how useful, 454 

 Birds — 



technical terms applied to, 33, 34, 

 85 



measurement of, 35 



nocturnal, 36 



moulting of, 37 



Serpents charming, 72 



a vulgar notion, 72 



flesh of Birds made poisonous, 75 

 Black Bird— 



a White, 82 

 Black or Dusky Duck, 305 



well known in Philadelphia mar- 

 kets, 305 



far inferior to other Ducks, 305 



shot on the Delaware, 305 



will not stool, 305 



flight, 305 



habits, 305 



description of, 306 



