The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America

The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America - A full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, with a comparison of the merits of breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders

The Celebrated Sporting Works OF ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT. I. The Game Fish of the North II. Superior Fishing. III. The Game Birds of the North. All published uniform with this volume, handsomely bound in cloth, price $2.00. Sent free by mail on receipt of price, BY Carleton, Publisher, New York. A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE SPORTING ALONG OUR SEASHORES AND INLAND WATERS, WITH A COMPARISON OF THE MERITS OF BREECH-LOADERS AND MUZZLE-LOADERS. By ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, AUTHOR OF THE GAME-FISH OF NORTH AMERICA, SUPERIOR FISHING, COUNTRY LIFE, ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway. M DCCC LXVI. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by GEO. W. CARLETON, In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The New York Printing Company, 81, 83, and 85 Centre Street, New York. Hunting and hawking date back to the earliest days of knight-errantry, when parties of cavaliers and ladies fair, mounted on their mettlesome steeds caparisoned with all the skill of the cunning artificers of those days, pursued certain birds of the air with the falcon, and followed the royal stag through the well preserved and extensive forests with packs of hounds. The term game, therefore, had an early significance and positive application, but was confined to the creatures pursued in one or the other of these two modes. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55478
Author: Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell
Release Date: Sep 2, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English