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| CHAPTER I. |
| Game of Ancient and Modern Days.—Its Protection and Importance.—The proper Shooting Seasons.—The Impolicy of using Batteries and Pivot-Guns. | 7 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Guns and Gunnery.—Breech-loaders compared with Muzzle-loaders.—A Sharp Review of the “Dead Shot.”—The Field Trial. | 27 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Bay-snipe Shooting.—The Birds, their Habits, Peculiarities, and places of Resort.—Stools and Whistles.—Dress and Implements appropriate to their pursuit.—Their Names and Mode of Capture. | 66 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The New Jersey Coast.—Jersey Girls and their pleasant ways.—The peculiarities of Bay-snipe further elucidated.—Mosquitoes rampant.—Good Shooting and “Fancy” Sport.—Shipwrecks and Ghosts. | 98 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Bay-Birds.—Particular Descriptions and Scientific Characteristics.—A Complete Account of each Variety. | 140 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Montauk Point.—American Golden Plover or Frost-Bird.—A True Story of Three Thousand in a Flock.—Lester’s Tavern.—Good Eating, Fine Fishing, and Splendid Shooting.—The Nepeague Beach. | 178 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| Rail and Rail-Shooting.—Seasons, Localities, and Incidents of Sport.—Use of Breech-loader or Muzzle-loader.—Equipment. | 190 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Wild-Fowl Shooting.—General Directions, from Boats, Blinds, or Batteries.—Retrievers from Baltimore and Newfoundland.—Western Sport.—Equipment. | 205 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Duck-Shooting on the Inland Lakes.—The Club House.—Practical Views of Practical Men.—Moral Tales.—A Day’s Fishing.—The Closing Scenes. | 219 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Suggestions to Sportsmen.—A Definition of the Term.—Crack Shots.—The Art of Shooting.—The Art of not Shooting. | 271 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Trap-Shooting.—Its Justification.—The Assistants.—Rules and Regulations.—Care of Birds.—Tricks of the Trade. | 288 |
| APPENDIX. |
| Ornithological Descriptions of the Geese and Ducks, with Remarks and Suggestions on their Habits.—Rules of Trap-shooting. | 303 |
