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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
have caused them to he packed in a basket, which is the best 
means I am aware of—except hanging them outside of the vehicle 
which carries them, and that is unsafe—of preserving them from 
becoming high. I hope they will reach you safely and in good 
order. Have one of these birds broiled quickly, rather under¬ 
done, as a canvass-back duck should be roasted ; let it be pep¬ 
pered and salted to your taste, and as it is removed from the 
gridiron to the hot dish, let it be just touched with a little butter. 
Eschew all sweet sauces—jelly, &c., and eat it with nothing but 
good bread, 48 hours out of the oven. Should this experiment 
not please you, try another one of the birds on the gridiron ; but 
if that too is a failure in your estimation, e’en have the rest 
cooked selon votre—mauvais ?— gout. 
I conclude this very long letter with the expression of a hope 
that you will be induced to try for yourself what Grouse shooting 
on our prairies is good for. The journey is nothing. Any one 
who has the time can enjoy it pleasantly here if he is fond of field 
sports. St. Louis is the best headquarters for a sportsman in the 
whole country, I verily believe. You will find here a cordial 
welcome, and I should be very much pleased to receive you as 
my guest. My professional engagements are so confining that I 
can but seldom enjoy the pleasure of shooting ; for our courts 
are in constant session during the whole of the hunting season, 
after the 3d Monday of September; but before that time I am 
comparatively at liberty, and there are others here, of greater 
leisure to indulge in field sports, but not more keen in their pur¬ 
suit, who will rejoice to contribute to render pleasant the visit to 
the West of a sportsman whom every other one in America 
knows by reputation at least. 
I am, sir, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
T. T. G****. 
Henry William Herbert, Esq., at the Cedars, New Jersey. 
