SPORT FOR MODERATE OUTLAY. 



When, nearly twenty-one years ago, I wrote a book 

 designated " Accessible Field Sports," in which I 

 described my experiences of shooting and fishing in 

 the Rocky Mountains, many of our facetious critics 

 jeered at the name that I had selected, and handled 

 my task roughly, on account of what they considered 

 the absurdity of the title. One gentleman went so 

 far as to say that the appellation would be quite 

 as suitable to the North Pole and the unexplored 

 regions that surround it ; but how shortsighted and 

 egotistical did these untravelled litth-ateurs prove 

 themselves for now, yes, and for some years past, 

 there is scarcely a man of leisure and means, whether 

 peer or commoner, that has not wet a line in the 

 brawling streams or pellucid lakes that stud that grand 

 picturesque region familiarly known as the Rockies, 

 or made its echoes ring again and again with the 

 often repeated report of his gun or rifle. 



On this occasion I do not desire my readers to 

 wander so far from home as I did when I wrote 

 " Accessible Field Sports," and, yet, if they will obey 

 my instructions — provided always that they be of the 

 proper sort — they will have opportunities of enjoy- 

 ment that are not often offered. 



Early autumn is the season to prepare for your 

 trip ; therefore hurry is not needful, for you have 

 ample time before you to get ready for your outing, 

 as it is unnecessary that you should turn your back on 



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