The Hunters’ Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire

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The Hunters’ Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid.

Contents

• Captain Mayne Reid "The Hunters' Feast"5
• Chapter One.6
• A Hunting Party.6
• Chapter Two.18
• The Camp and Camp-Fire.18
• Chapter Three.24
• Besançon’s adventure in the swamps.24
• Chapter Four.40
• The Passenger-Pigeons.40
• Chapter Five.48
• Hunt with a Howitzer.48
• Chapter Six.57
• Killing a Cougar.57
• Chapter Seven.62
• The Cougar.62
• Chapter Eight.67
• Old Ike’s Adventure.67
• Chapter Nine.78
• The Musquash.78
• Chapter Ten.86
• A Rat-Hunt.86
• Chapter Eleven.94
• Musquitoes and their Antidote.94
• Chapter Twelve.99
• The ’Coon, and his Habits.99
• Chapter Thirteen.105
• A ’Coon-Chase.105
• Chapter Fourteen.114
• Wild Hogs of the Woods.114
• Chapter Fifteen.120
• Treed by Peccaries.120
• Chapter Sixteen.133
• A Duck-Shooting Adventure.133
• Chapter Seventeen.148
• Hunting the Vicuña.148
• Chapter Eighteen.160
• A Chacu of Vicuñas.160
• Chapter Nineteen.172
• Squirrel-Shooting.173
• Chapter Twenty.181
• Treeing a Bear.181
• Chapter Twenty One.188
• The Black Bear of America.188
• Chapter Twenty Two.193
• The Trapper Trapped.193
• Chapter Twenty Three.201
• The American Deer.201
• Chapter Twenty Four.213
• Deer Hunt in a “Dug-Out.”213
• Chapter Twenty Five.233
• Old Ike and the Grizzly.233
• Chapter Twenty Six.244
• A Battle with Grizzly Bears.244
• Chapter Twenty Seven.256
• The Swans of America.256
• Chapter Twenty Eight.267
• Hunting the Moose.267
• Chapter Twenty Nine.286
• The Prairie-Wolf and Wolf-Killer.286
• Chapter Thirty.298
• Hunting the Tapir.298
• Chapter Thirty One.309
• The Buffaloes at last.309
• Chapter Thirty Two.321
• The Bison.321
• Chapter Thirty Three.330
• Trailing the Buffalo.330
• Chapter Thirty Four.338
• Approaching the Buffalo.338
• Chapter Thirty Five.343
• Unexpected Guests.343
• Chapter Thirty Six.349
• A Supper of Wolf-Mutton.350
• Chapter Thirty Seven.354
• Hare Hunting and Cricket Driving.354
• Chapter Thirty Eight.359
• A Grand Battue.359
• Chapter Thirty Nine.364
• The Route Home.364
• The End.370
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE373

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