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still hunting, or stalking; fire-hunting, not a sport. Quid of Quincey; 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 So -  « 861-362 
GAME FISH. 
RIVER FISH AND FISHING. 
Stonehenge’s mammal; American fishes. The salmon; the sca 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; the sunfish; 
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 é é 7 - s . . % . 363-379 
Tux Rop.—The general rod; the fly-rod . . . . oo. 379 
Warvurant anp Ground Barts.—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 ; “troling with the gorge hook ; to keep bait fish. Live 
bait a, de Ue * ae 879-393 
AxTIFICIAL Barr AnD F1irEs.—How to tie flies. List of twenty-four trout flies ; 
salmon flies; the landing net, gaff, &c., &c 6 - 893-405 
Barr Fisuine.—For minnows andsmalifish . . . . «. 406,407 
Carp Fisuine.—Best rod, line, &., &c.; ground baits; baits; season; 
method . . a < o a % 3 " 407-409 
Prrcu Fisnmne.—For small ones; hooks; baits; large fish; with the minnow; 
roving; spinning; the gorge; the method . . “ ‘ 409-413 
Pickrret Fisnrye.—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 
east; how to strike; how to remove the bait; the spoon . . 418-422 
Bass Fisnivc.—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 . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 423 
