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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• Wild Turkey Hunting 9

• Summer Retreat in Arkansas 28

• Tom Owen, the Bee-Hunter 47

• Arrow-Fishing 54

• The Big Bear of Arkansas 72

• The Mississippi 94

• Large and Small Steamers on the Mississippi 105

• Familiar Scenes on the Mississippi 114

• A Storm Scenes on the Mississippi 126

• Grizzly Bear Hunting 135

• A Piano in Arkansas 145

• Wild-Cat Hunting 155

• Mike Fink, the Keel-Boatman 163

• Alligator Killing 184

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• Buffalo Hunting 193

• Scenes in Buffalo Hunting 213

• Woodcock Fire-Hunting 225

• The Water Craft of the Back-Woods 232

• Place de La Croix 240

• Opossum Hunting 255

• A “Hoosier” in Search of Justice 266

• Major Gasden's Story 271

• The Great Four-Mile Day 280

• The Way that Americans go down Hill 302