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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
in expeditions of this nature, every man, who wishes to enjoy 
the cream of the sport, must rely on his own resources more or 
less, however well he may be accompanied or attended, espe 
cially in the crisis of the chase, many occasions will turn up, on 
which he will find, that far from being superfluous, the want of 
them might deprive him of substantial comforts, nay, might be 
the means of his losing his life. A wounded Moose, or Cariboo, 
is an ugly customer at close quarters; yet, when the blood is 
up, men will go in, and bring it to the “ hand to hoof " encoun¬ 
ter, when all will depend, after the coolness and expertness of 
the hunter, on the nature and condition of his tools. 
For those who would read brilliant fiction, founded, I doubt 
not, upon fact, and lively anecdote connected with this subject, 
and other topics of kindred interest, I cannot do better than 
refer to the articles written by Dr. Henry., of Quebec, and of 
B. P. Wallop, Esq., of New Brunswick, the former well known 
for his admirable Salmon Fishing articles, published many years 
since in the New-York Albion, under the signature of Miles, 
the latter as Meadows of the Spirit of the Times. 
The anecdote related by Mr. Willis of Bob Millar, the Moose 
hunter, entitled “ Close quarters with a bull Moose at night,” 
is as brilliant and exciting a sporting sketch, in my opinion, as 
was ever penned; and I cannot but think it strange, that having 
such correspondents within reach, as Mr. Willis, of Quebec, Mr. 
Perley, of St. John’s, N. B., Mr. Wallop, of the same Province, 
and many others, both officers and civilians, thoroughly compe¬ 
tent to describe the fine Wild Sports of this Continent, the Eng¬ 
lish Sporting Magazines should all rest content with publishing 
and republishing, usque ad nauseam , trite fadaises , on utterly 
exhausted subjects, such as Partridge Shooting in September, 
or Battues in December, concerning which all is known, and 
has been said, that can be eliminated by the wit of man. 
The increased facilities of intercourse between England and 
this Continent, the proverbial taste of the English gentry to 
travel all distances, and incur all hazards in pursuit of Field 
Sports, and the continually increasing importance of the Ame- 
