Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
Summary
THE bison, or buffalo, is one of the noblest victims sacrificed to the love of sport. The Indian destroys him for food, and to exhibit his prowess; while the white hunter kills the buffalo for sport, for food, and for profit. The peculiar interest attaching to the bison is attributable, perhaps, to his immense size and strength, his shaggy, ferocious appearance, as well as the boundless extent of prairie over which he ranges.
Our information with regard to this animal (thanks to the enterprising sportsmen and naturalists who have hunted him in his native haunts), is tolerably complete and authentic.
In times gone by it is very probable that no part of the American continent was unvisited by them, although the Eastern States, from being so heavily wooded, were not so much frequented by the bison as the vast unbroken prairies of the southern and western districts. Little mention is made of them by the early settlers, and in a ‘History of Carolina’ the fact of two having been killed is mentioned as a remarkable circumstance. They were formerly to be met with in considerable numbers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, though the deadly rifle of the rapidly increasing white population has now driven them from those States.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America , pp. 34 - 63Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009