FIELD SPORTS 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES. 
N the occasion of commencing, it 
is now several years ago, a series 
of papers in a leading monthly 
magazine , u On the Game of North 
America, its nomenclature, habits, 
haunts, and seasons; with hints 
on the science of woodcraft”—I 
introduced the subject, by the fol¬ 
lowing general remarks, and it ap¬ 
pears to me that, inasmuch as they are not only still applicable, 
but have in effect become more and more evidently true, owing 
to the lapse of time since their publication, during which the 
evils complained of have increased tenfold, I cannot do better 
than repeat them, as entirely germane to the matter, and as 
aptly introductory to that which is to follow. 
u There is, perhaps,” I remarked, u no country in the world 
which presents, to the sportsman, so long a catalogue of the 
