GLOSSARY, 



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on the bufi^lo ranges and in the mount- 

 ains. 



Burn. — A brook, or swampy place through 

 which a brook runs ; alow, green, grassy 

 spot on a prairie. 



Burro (Sp.) — A donkey of Spanish ex- 

 tract. 



Bush. — The woods or forest. 



Bushman — A backwoodsman. 



Bushwhacker. — A backwoods hunter ; 

 one who shoots at a foe from ambush. 



Bushwhack, v. a.— To shact from con- 

 cealment or ambush. 



Butt.- -The target set up at a rifle range. 



Butte. — A mass of detached hard rock 

 left standing alone by the wearing.away 

 of the softer portions by the action of 

 the weather. 



Cabane (Canada). — A cabin or winter 

 camp of boards of bark. 



Caber. — A long_ stick of timber twenty- 

 five feet or so in length, used in Scottish 

 games, to be tossed with a complete 

 revolution to greatest distance in com- 

 petition. 



Cabrowit (Canada). — A cabriolet ; a one- 

 horse chaise. 



Cache.— Something hidden ; the place 

 where it is hidden. 



Cache, v. — To hide anything ; to hide 

 away. 



Cacique (Sp.) — An Indian chief. 



Calabash. — A gourd used as a drinking- 

 cup. « 



Caleche. — A two-wheeled vehicle : a gig. 



Calibre. — The diameter of a gun s bar- 

 rel ; bore ; guage. 



Canon. — A deep perpendicular fissure be- 

 tween rocks. 



Cantle. — The projecting part of a saddle 

 behind. 



Canuck.^A Canadian ; a Canadian pony. 



Capote. — A Canadian overcoat with 

 hood. 



Carry. — A postage ; a detour around falls 

 or obstructions in a river, or from one 

 navigable water to another. 



Cast. — The leader with flies attached, 

 used in angling. 



Casting - LINE. — Several united gut- 

 lengthsj to be attached to the rod-line 

 in angling. 



Castor {castoreum). — A pungent sub- 

 stance taken from the scrotum of a 

 beaver, used in attracting animals to a 

 trap. 



Castrate. — To emasculate an entire ani- 

 mal. 



Catspaw. — A sudden flaw of wind. 



Cavayard (Sp.) — A drove of horses in 

 charge of a herder. 



Chamber.— A section of a gun-barrel 

 equivalent to one layer of shot with the 

 number of pellets which fill its area. 



Challoupe. — A two-masted Canadian 



smack with an out-rigged sail at the 

 stem. 



Chaparral. — A jungle or thicket of mes- 

 quite trees or other growth, interlaced 

 with thorns or briers — not usually an 

 impenetrable mass, but threaded by 

 open spaces overarched by the spreact- 

 ing branches. 



Charge. — ^The order to dogs to drop to 

 ground. 



Check. — Lost scent ; fault. 



CHEEPER.S. — The young fledglings of 

 grouse. 



Chenook. — A jargon of Indian, English, 

 and coined words used in the North- 

 west. 



Chicken.' — The common name for the 

 grouse of the prairies. 



Chigga. — An insect which bores into the 

 flesh. 



Chinkapin.— A species of chestnut-tree 

 and its diminutive fruit. 



Chipmunk. — A ground squirrel. 



Chips. — Buffalo ordure, used as fuel when 

 dry. 



Choke. — The gradual taper of a gun-bar- 

 rel from the breech to the muzzle ; the 

 contraction seldom exceeding the one- 

 sixteenth of an inch. 



Chupattv. — An Indian cake made of flour 

 and water, fried in a little butter. 



Cimetar. — The graceful line of a setter's 

 tail. 



Clearing, — A space in a forest cleared ol 

 timber. 



Click. — The ratchet or check attached to 

 a fishing-reel. 



Clipper. — The larva of the sialis lutari^^ 

 us^ used as bait for black bass ; the dob- 

 son. 



Coach, v. a. — To train for athletic contests 

 by a system of instruction, diet, and 

 exerpise. 



Coaching. — The driving of a coach and 

 four by gentlemen amateur whips. 



Cold. — Old ; a term applied to trails or 

 signs not recent. 



Comb-fringe, — The drooping fringe of a 

 setter's tail. 



Cometik. — An Esquimaux sled. 



Company. — A flock of widgeons is called 

 a company. 



Cooley (Fr. coulee). — A ravine caused by 

 water running from melting snow or 

 heavy spring rains. 



CoQUiNA, — A conglomerate of- disinte- 

 grated and entire shells of great variety 

 and various sizes, found inlieds on the 

 Florida coast. 



Corn-dodger. — Coarse bread made of 

 Indian meal, salt, and water. 



Corral. — An enclosure of any sort. 



Corral, v. a. — To surround and enclose. 



Cotton-tail. — The common hare. 



Cotton-wood. — A species of poplar of 

 large size, abundant along prairie water* 

 courses. 



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