UPLAND SHOOTING. 
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UPLAND SHOOTING 
OF THE 
NORTHERN STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES. 
PLAND shooting, as it is understood by 
American sportsmen, is the distinctive 
term, not, as would appear at first sight, 
dividing the sport of the hill from that 
of the plain country, but that of the in¬ 
land from that of the coast. It in¬ 
cludes, therefore, not only all game of 
the order, Rasores , the home of which 
is in thickets, mountain-sides, stubbles, or maize-fields, but such 
also of the Grallatores , or warders, as dwell either in inland 
swampy woods, fresh meadows, or river-side morasses ; and, far¬ 
ther yet, such of the Natatore /, swimmers, as are found exclu¬ 
sively or principally on brooks, rivers, above tide water, and 
spring marshes. 
By upland shooting, in a word, we understand all that is pur¬ 
sued with the aid of pointers, setters, or spaniels, and the ordin¬ 
ary light fowling-piece ; as opposed to that which is followed in 
boats with heavy ducking guns, and by the aid of decoys, or, as 
they are here termed, stools. 
Of all sports of this country, therefore, upland shooting is that 
which requires in the sportsman the greatest combination of qual 
ities, the greatest skill with the gun, the greatest knowledge of the 
habits and haunts of his game, the greatest science in the manage¬ 
ment of his dogs, and the greatest bodily vigor and endurance. 
