XH TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



still hunting, or stalking; fire-hunting, not a Bport. Qnid 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. 



EIVEE FISH AND FISHING. 



Btonehenge' , fl manual ; American fishes. The salmon ; the sea trout ; the com- 

 mon trout ; the lake trout ; the siskawit ; the maskalonge ; the pickerel ; 

 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 ; thesunfisb.; 

 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 . 363-379 



The Rod.— The general rod; the fly-rod 379 



"Natural 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 . 379-393 



Artificial Bait and Flies. — How to tie flies. List of twenty-four trout flies ; 

 salmon flies ; the landing net, gaff, &c, &c 898-405 



Bait Fishing. — For minnows and small fish 406,407 



Carp Fishing. — Best rod, line, &c, &c. ; ground baits ; baits ; season ; 

 method . . . 407-409 



Perch Fishing. — For small ones ; hooks ; baits ; large fish ; with the minnow ; 

 roving ; spinning ; the gorge ; the method 409-413 



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 Fishing. — 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 403 



