Xll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



still hunting, or stalking ; fire-hunting, not a sport. Quid of Quincy ; deer 

 over pointers ; waiting at a stand ; riding to hounds ; still hunting ; moose 

 and cariboo, on snow-shoes ; stalking buffalo ; riding to buffalo ; shooting 

 from the saddle ; where to plant the ball ; what sized balls ; sporting rifles; 

 how stocked ; how sighted ; always reload at once ; turkey hunting ; with a 

 call ; over beagles ; true sportsmanship 361-362 



GAME FISH. 



EITEE FISH AND FISHING. 



Stonehenge's manual ; American fishes. The salmon ; the sea trout ; the com- 

 mon trout ; the lake trout ; the siskawit ; the maskalonge ; the picken-1 ; 

 the chub, roach, and dace ; the carp ; the bass ; the striped bass ; the black 

 bass; the rock bass; the growler; the pike-perch; the perch; the suiiti.-h ; 

 the eel The line, reel, and hook ; reel lines ; silk and hair ; Indian weed ; 

 silk; hair; reels; the foot length ; English, Scotch, and Irish hooks ; floats; 

 sinkers; swivels 863-879 



THE ROD. The general rod ; the fly-rod 879 



NATHRAL AND GROUND BAITS. The earth-worm ; dew-worm ; marsh-worm ; 

 tag-tail ; brandling ; red- worm ; shrimps ; cockchafers ; beetles ; grasshop- 

 pers; moths; ephemera; caddises; humble bees; gentles; salmon roe; 

 shad roe ; smelt roe ; shrimp paste ; bread paste ; ground bait ; fish bait ; 

 dead fish ; spinning ; trolling with the gorge hook ; to keep bait fish. Live 

 bait 879-398 



ARTIFICIAL BAIT AND FLIES. How to tie flies. List of twenty-four trout flies ; 

 salmon flies ; the landing net, gaff, &c., &c 893-405 



BAIT FISHING. For minnows and small fish 406, 407 



CARP FISHING. Best rod, line, &c., &c. ; ground baits ; baits ; season ; 

 method 407-409 



PKRCH FISHING. For small ones ; hooks ; baits ; large fish ; with the minnow ; 

 roving ; spinning ; the gorge ; the method 409-418 



PICKEREL FISHING. The tackle ; the rod ; the reel ; the line ; the baits ; the 

 snap; the gorge; to spin; to bait; the season; to throw;, to strike; to 

 play ; to kill ; to land ; to extract the hooks. The snap-bait ; how to strike 

 with it; the gorge hook; least cruel; tackle for gorge trolling; how to 

 cast ; how to strike ; how to remove the bait ; the spoon . . 413-422 



BASS FISHTNG. Various methods of; the striped bass ; will take real or artificial 

 squid; artificial salmon fly; may be taken by spinning, trolling, or bottom 

 fishing ; shad roe in spring. Black and rock bass of the lakes. The ibis fly ; 

 trolling; the spoon. The growler and pike perch, taken with the craw 

 fish . 428 



