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CHAPTER VI. 

 Montauk Point. — ^American Goldon Plover or Froat-Bird. 

 — A True Story of Three Thousand in aElock. — Lester's 

 Tavern. — Good Eating, Kne Fishing, and Splendid 

 Shooting. — The Nepeague Beach ItS 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Rail and RaU-Shooting. — Seasons, LocaUties, and Incidents 

 of Sport. — Use of Breech-loader or Muzzle-loader. — 

 Equipment 190 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Wild-Fowl Shooting. — General Directions, from Boats, 

 Blinds, or Batteries. — Retrievers from Baltimore and 

 Newfoundland. — "Western Sport. — Equipment 205 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Duck-Shooting on tne Inland Lakes. — The Club House. — 

 Practical Views of Practical Men. — Moral Tales. — A 

 Day's Fishing. — The Closing Scenes 219 



CHAPTER X. 

 Suggestions to Sportsmen. — A Definition of the Term. — 

 Crack Shots.— The Art of Shooting.— The Art of not 

 Shooting ... 2'71 



CHAPTER XL 

 Trap-Shooting. — Its Justification. — The Assistants. — 

 Rules and Regulations. — Care of Birds. — Tricks of the 

 Trade 288 



APPENDIX 

 Ornithological Descriptions of the Geese and Ducks, with 

 Remarks and Suggestions on their Habits. — Rules of 

 Trap-shooting 303 



