IV 



GLOSSARY. 



Coup. — A stroke made in Indian battle to 

 secure title to a scalp. PL Coups. — The 

 number of scaljK a man is entitled to. 



CouPLE.^A brace of hounds. 



CoiiREURS DBS Bois (Fr.)— Itinerant ped- 

 dlers in the Indian country, as distin- 

 guished from regular traders who keep 

 established posts. 



Course.— The track or distance to be run, 

 rowed, or sailed. 



Course, v. i. — To run with horses and 

 hounds after foxes or hares. 



Cover. — Thickets of brush, or copses of 

 trees, where game hides. 



Cow. — The female of the moose, cariboo, 

 or buffalo. 



Cow-boy. — A cattle herder. 



Cracker. — A name applied to the low 

 whites of the South. 



Crawl. — A corral or pen for keeping 

 turtle ; a beaten path made by an ali- 

 gator passing to and from the bank to 

 water. 



Creek. — Any stream too small to be 

 dignified by the name of river. 



Creel. — An angler's fish-basket. 



Crest. — The ridge of the neck of a sport- 

 ing dog. 



Crew. — ^A boat or yacht's complement of 

 men ; a gang of men employed in a log- 

 ging camp. 



Cub. — The young of a bear or fox. 



Cut-throat. — The mustang or wild grape 

 of Texas, so-called from its acrid taste. 



Cuddy. — A boat's locker for small odds 

 and ends. 



Dam. — The immediate female progenitor 

 of a horse. 



Dead Bird. — A bird dead within bounds, 



. as in a match at traps ; the order to a 

 'dog to seek a dead bird. 



Deacon-seat. — A long settee used by 

 lumbermen in camp. 



Decoy. — Any contrivance, alive or inani- 

 mate, used by gunners to attract wild 

 fowl. 



Dead-fai,l.— A trap made of lo^ and set 

 with a trigger, used for large game. 



Deer-lick. — A place salted for the pur- 

 pose of enticing deer to the hunter. 



Dewclaw. — An extra claw on a dog's foot, 

 denoting high quality in some classes, 

 like the St. Bernard and Scotch Colley. 



Dewlap.*— The pendulous skin under the 

 neck of some kinds of dogs. 



Dingy. — ^A small flat-bottomed skiff used 

 in fishing. 



Dingle de Kooch. — A flat-bottomed 

 skiSl (Nova Scotia). 



Divide. — ^A water-shed or haght of land 

 which separates the head-waters of two 

 or more fluvial systems. 



DoBSOM. — The helgramite : the larva of 

 naliA lutarzus, found under stones 



(696) 



near rivers. It looks like a modified 

 centipede, and is a good bait for black 

 bass. 



Doe. — The female of an elk or deer._ 



Double. —To turn back, twist, or wind in 

 running. 



DouGH-BOV. — A boiled dumpling of raised 

 dough used aboard ship. 



Drag. — ^A scented device used as a substi- 

 tute for a fox in a hunt or chase ; a large 

 four-horse vehicle for private use. 



Dreen.— A drain ; a coulee ; a ravine 

 caused by the wash of water from melt- 

 ing snow or heavy spring rains. 



Drive, — A herd of wild anunals driven by 

 hunters to a pound or corral ; a run of 

 logs following a water-course to a boom 

 or mill. 



Driver. — A hunter who puts the hounds 

 on the scent or track ; a starter. 



Dropper. — A cross between a pointer and 

 a setter; the artificial fly adjusted to a 

 leader used in angling. 



Drove. — Especially a gang of wolves. 



Dug-out. — A canoe made of a log, or' 

 parts of logs fitted together ; a hut dug 

 into a side-hill or bluSl 



Dune. — A sand-hill on the coast or in* 

 tenor lakes thrown up by wind and 

 waves. 



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Earth. — The hole or den of a fox. 



Ebb. — The out-flowing tide. 



Eddy. — A contrary, rotary ciirreat. 



Ephraim.— A cognomen for the grizzly 

 bear. • 



Essence-peddler. — A skunk. 



Everglade. — A treeless swamp filled with 

 rank grass, with an occasional cabbage 

 palmetto, cypress, or water oak, and up- 

 rooted trees, dry in summer, but in 

 winter covered with water to a depth of 

 from two to twenty inches, interspersed 

 with lagoons and tortuous channels. 



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Faking. — Fixing a dog so as to make him 

 appear better than he is. 



Fat. — Rich ; resinous ; applied to pina- 

 knots. 



Fandango. — ^A Mexican dance or ball. 



Fare. — A season's catch of fish. 



Fault. — A check ; lost scent when trail- 

 ing a fox. 



Feather. — ^The long, flowing hairs which 

 adorn the legs of a dog. 



Felted. — Matted hair on a dog, the re- 

 sult of imperfect care. 



Fencer. — A horse which takes a fence 

 readily. 



Fetch. — The order to a dog to bring game 

 when found. 



Field. — ^The arena where matches ar« 

 contested ; all the entries collectively 

 against which a single competitor is op> 

 posed. 



