CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



CHAPTER I 17 



The delights of salmon fishing. — Our arrival at camp. — First blood. — 

 First salmon. — The doctor's theory. — Nature's laws must be obeyed. — 

 Destruction of races of animals. — Possible extirpation of the moose. 



— Distribution and natural history of the moose. — Methods of moose- 

 hunting. — Description of a moose fight. — Size of moose. — Tenderfoot 

 luck. — Distribution and natural history of the caribou. — Varieties of 

 the caribou. — Caribou in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. — The com- 

 mon DEER IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED. — ABUNDANCE OF DEER IN MAINE. — NAT- 

 URAL HISTORY OF THE DEER. METHODS OF HUNTING IT. — DESTRUCTIVENESS OF 



" JACK HUNTING." — SOUNDS OF THE NIGHT. 



CHAPTER II 58 



a bright awakening. good trout fishing. — a pair of beauties. — a 



surprise from a " laker." — lifting strength of a fly rod. — slze and 

 weight of togue. — how to cook a "laker." — the food supply affects 

 the table qualities of trout. — rapid increase in weight of trout and 

 salmon. — Artificially reared trout not an epicurean delight. — Are 

 ska trout and brook trout identical. — landlocked salmon and their 

 peculiarities. — The California salmon as a fresh-water fish. — Wonders 

 of modern fish culture. — Qualities of the Danube salmon. — Salmon 

 rising at a leaf. — A grand fight with a twenty-pounder. — Sportsmen's 

 appetites. — how to make "a smoker" in the woods. — habits of the 

 black bear. bears in nova scotia. — the raccoon and his peculiarities. 



— Coon hunting. — The ruffed grouse our most important game bird. — 

 Habits of the grouse. — Great number of grouse killed and marketed. 



CHAPTER III 89 



Building a "smoker." — The otter and his habits. — A rapacious fish 

 destroyer. — The mink and his depredations. — An enemy to trout. — A 

 nice catch stolen. — the sheldrake a great pest on a salmon river. — 

 Trout ponds depopulated by eels. — Another turn at the outlet of " Big 



brook." — a heavy sea and a ducking. weatherwise guides. victim 



of a fox. — Habits and characteristics of the fox. — The domestic cat, 

 "run wild," destructive to game birds. — the virginia partridge or 

 ouail: its peculiarities and value as a game bird. — enemies of the 

 quail. — The American woodcock and its history. 



CHAPTER IV 107 



A cold morning. — Familiar denizens of the forest. — Indications of a 

 storm. — Four nice salmon. — A family of Wilson's snipe. — Habits of 

 the snipe. — The dowitcher. — Robin snipe. — Jack snipe and their 

 habits. — All about peeps. — The red-backed sandpiper. — Beach birds 



\m> their peculiarities. the marlin, or great-marbled godwit. — 



The Hudsonian godwit. — Winter yellow legs. — Summer yellow legs. 



— The spotted and solitary sandpipers. — Teeters. — An approach inc. 

 storm. — Heavy thunder and lightning. — The storm bursts. — Photo- 

 graphing lightning. — All about the willet. — The upland plover. — 

 The sickle-billed curlew. — Jack curlews. — Doe birds and their his- 

 tory. — Black-bellied and golden plovers. — Shooting on the Back 

 Bay, Boston. — Ring necks and their habits. — The Turnstone. — Kill- 

 deers and their habits. — A stormy night. 



