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RECREA TION. 



The Big Game 



North America 



ITS HABITS, HABITAT, HAUNTS, AND CHARACTERISTICS 

 HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE TO HUNT IT 



A Book for the Sportsman and the Naturalist 



EDITED BY 



G, O. SHIELDS ("COQUINA") 



AUTHOR OF " CRUISINGS IN THE CASCADES," "RUSTLINGS IN THE ROCKIES," "HUNTING IN THE GREAT 

 WEST," "THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE," " CAMPING AND CAMP OUTFITS," ETC. 



8vo, 600 Pages, 80 Illustrations. 



Cloth, $3.50 ; Half Calf, $5,00; Full Morocco, $6.50. 



CONTENTS 



Introduction. By the Honorable John Dean Caton, 



author of " The Antelope and Deer of America," etc. 

 Moose Hunting in the Rocky Mountains. Newton 



Hibbs (" Roxey Newton "). 

 Elk Hunting in the Olympic Mountains. W. A. Perry 



(" Sillalicum "). 

 The Wapiti (Poem). By " Wah-bah-mi-mi." 

 The Caribou. By William P. Lett ("Algonquin") 



and Dr. R. B. Cantrell. 

 The Mule Deer. Rev. Joshua Cooke (" Boone"). 

 The Mule Deer of Southern California. T. S. Van 



Dyke, author of" The Still Hunter," etc. 

 The Columbia Black-tail Deer. Thomas G. Farrell. 

 The Virginia Deer. Walter M. Wolfe (" Shoshone "). 

 A Deer Hunt (Poem). " Wah-bah-mi-mi." 

 Hunting the Grizzly Bear. Rev. Dr. W. S. Rainsford. 

 The Polar Bear. Sergt. Francis Long, of the Greely 



Arctic Expedition, and George S. McTavish, of the 



Hudson Bay Company. 

 A Polar Bear Hunt. 



The Black Bear. Col. Geo. D. Alexander. 

 The Buffalo. Orin Belknap (" Uncle Fuller "). 



The Musk Ox. "Sergt. H. Bierdebick, of the Greely 

 Arctic Expedition. 



Still-hunting the Antelope. Arthur W- du Bray 

 (" Gaucho "). 



Coursing the Antelope. M. E. Allison. 



The Death of Venus (Poem). Wm. P. Lett. 



The Rocky Mountain Goat. John Fannin. 



The Rocky Mountain Sheep. G. O. Shields (" Coqui- 

 na "). 



The Peccary. A. G. Requa. 



The Cougar, or Mountain Lion. W. A. Perry (" Silla- 

 licum "). 



The Lynx. J. C. Nattrass. 



The Wild Cat. Daniel Arrowsmith (" Sangamon "). 



The Wolf. Wm. P. Lett. 



The Wolverine. C. A. Cooper (" Sibyllene "). 



Coon Hunting in Southern Illinois. Daniel Arrow- 

 smith (" Sangamon "). 



Fox Hunting in Virginia. Dr. M. G. Ellzey. 



Alligator Shooting in Florida. Cyrus W. Butler. 



The Ethics of Field Sports. Wm. B. Leffingwell. 



The Hon. John Dean Caton, the eminent naturalist and jurist, author of "The Antelope and Deer of 

 America," etc., says of this work : 



" Altogether, there is given here such a study of the natural history of our game quadrupeds, and of the 

 thrilling incidents encountered in hunting them, as has never before been offered to the reading world. Each 

 chapter in this book is in itself a complete work, and the book, as a whole, is a most valuable library. 



" Any one of the names on Mr. Shields' list of contributors should insure the sale of an entire edition of 

 his book, and when we multiply this possibility by twenty-six, the whole number of names on his title-page, 

 the result obtained indicates the magnitude of the success that should, and that we hope will, crown his labors 

 and those of his collaborateurs." 



"This sumptuous volume, profusely and elegantly illustrated, written by a score or more of sportsmen, is a 

 very captivating book. No single writer could have had all the experiences here narrated. The descriptions 

 and incidents cover every variety of large game on the continent. ***** The stories are as excellent in 

 their variety as in their quality. There are no dull chapters in the book. In fact, it may be said it is the finest 

 collection of hunting stories ever published." — Chicago Inter-Ocean. 



" This is one of the best and most valuable of the books as yet written or edited by Mr. Shields. It com- 

 prises a collection of intelligently written monographs on all the various kinds of big game to be found in 

 North America, from the grizzly to the polar bear, and from the Virginia deer to the Rocky Mountain goat. 

 Each writer speaks from his own experience, tells what he has done and seen, and recounts the often thrilling 

 incidents he has met with in hunting. All the contributors to the volume are well-known writers on field sports 

 and hunting, and each one writes of a species of game he has studied for years in the field, on the mountain, or 

 in the forest." 



" The paper on the Rocky Mountain sheep is by the Editor, and is a fine account of the wildest, wariest, 

 and most difficult animal to hunt on the continent. Mr. Shields is a most enthusiastic sportsman, and more- 

 over, wields the pen of a ready writer, as indeed all these sportsmen do, so that One follows him in his adven- 

 tures with almost breathless interest. 



" From beginning to end and in every chapter this book is positively fascinating." — Chicago Herald. 



This book will be mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price by the editor. 



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