CONTENTS, 



CHAPTEE I. 



General Introductory Bemarks. 



Great Increase of Field Shooting— Delights of the Sport— Expe- 

 rience in the Field— Beginning in Albany County, New York, at 

 Buffed Grouse and Woodcock — Removal to Sangamon River, Illi- 

 nois — Great Abundance of Game— Numerous Deer — Removal to 

 Elkhart, Logan County— Vast Numbers of Pinnated Grouse — 

 Gillott's Grove— Osage Orange Hedges and Quail— Pinnated 

 Grouse shot too early— Diminution of Breeding Places— Migration 

 of the Grouse late in Fall— Ducks and Geese in Corn-Fields 

 —Nesting Places of Grouse and of Quail— Evil of Prairie- 

 Burning late in Spring— Snipe, Golden Plover, and Upland Plover 

 — The American Hare or Babbit— Hawks after Game— The Win- 

 nebago Swamp Breeding-place of Ducks and Crane— Wolves in 

 the Swamp— A Wolf -Hunt in Gillott's Grove— Eagles and Foxes, 

 etc., 13-34 



CHAPTEE II. 



Guns and Their Proper Charges. 



Skill and Ingenuity of Gunmakers— Improvements and Inventions 

 of Late Years— Vast Advantage from the Breech-Loader— Safest 

 and best of Guns— Proved by Experience — Close Hard Shooting- 

 Convenience — Safety and Bapidity of Loading— Certainty in Wet 

 Weather — Comparative Cost of Breech-Loaders — Metallic Car- 

 tridge-Cases—Size of Guns— Advantage of Weight— The Suitable 

 Stock— Proper Filling of Cartridges— Trials of Guns — Breech- 

 Loader ««. Muzzle-Loader— Loading of Cartridges— Quantity of 

 Powder— Sizes of Shot for Different Game— Dead-Shot Powder— 

 Tatham's Shot— Disadvantage of very Large Shot, . . 35-54 



