Hunting in many lands; the book of the Boone and Crockett club;
- Author: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Genre: Sports
Hunting in East Africa [by] W. A. Chanler.--To the Gulf of Cortez [by] G. H. Gould.--A Canadian moose hunt [by] M. Grant.--A hunting trip in India [by] E. Roosevelt.--Dog sledging in the North [by] D. M. Barringer.--Wolf-hunting in Russia [by] H. T. Allen.--A bear-hunt in the Sierras [by] A. Sampson.--The ascent of Chief Mountain [by] H. L. Stimson.--The cougar [by] C. W. Whitney.--Big game of Mongolia and Tibet [by] W. W. Rockhill.--Hunting in the cattle country [by] T. Roosevelt.--Wolf-coursing [by] R. D. Williams.--Game laws [by] C. E. Whitehead.--Protection of the Yellowstone national park [by] G. S. Anderson.--The Yellowstone national park protection act.--Head-measurements of the trophies at the Madison square garden sportsmen's exposition.--National park protective act.--Constitution of the Boone and Crockett club.--Officers of the Boone and Crockett club.--List of members extracted picklist
red deer
- Author: Jefferies Richard
- Genre: Scotland
Originally published in 1892. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
The Story of Cooperstown
- Author: Birdsall Ralph
- Genre: Baseball
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III A BYPATH OF THE REVOLUTION The settlers on the New York frontier were many of them Scotch-Irish, nursing an inherited hostility to England. The greater part of the Iroquois Indians, more particularly the Mohawks, had a sentimental regard for the covenant which, for a century, had made the red men loyal to the British king. Here was a native antagonism between settlers and Indians which during the Revolution partly contributed to the warfare of torch and scalping knife that raged in the Susquehanna region. Brant, the Mohawk chief, although himself a full- blooded Indian, known among his own people as Thayendanegea, had become, through long association with Sir William Johnson and his friends, a king's man and churchman. With the doctrines of the Church of England which he had embraced on becoming a communicant, he adopted also the contempt for dissenters which was so common among churchmen. Once, on tasting a crabapple, it is said, Brant puckered up his mouth, and exclaimed, "It is as bitter as a Presbyterian!" While in other parts of the country many churchmen espoused the cause of American independence, it happened that in the Susquehanna region the patriots were generally Calvinists. Another contributory cause of trouble between the Indians and frontiersmen had to do with thelands around the Mohawk villages, concerning which there had been frequent disputes since the Fort Stanwix treaty. 1 In May, 1777, Brant established himself with a band of Indian warriors and some Tories at Una- Joseph Brant From the portrait by Romney dilla, driving out the settlers, and serving notice upon all that they must either leave the country or declare themselves for the English cause. At a conference held among officers of the American forces it was decided that G...
A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the diff
- Author: Lewis, Samuel, d. 1865
- Genre: Scotland
The atlas consists of a sectional map of Scotland, scaled 5 miles to the inch, in 6 folded sheets, with a view of Melrose abbey (sheet 5)
the first four voyages of amerigo vespucci
- Author: amerigo vespucci
- Genre: General
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: p. 17. [Woodcut of two Ships at Sea.] S for the second voyage, and what I saw in it most worthy of record, it is as follows here. We started from the port of Calis [Cadiz], three ships in company, on the 16 day of May 14991 and began our voyage in a direct course to the islands of Cabo Verde, passing in sight of the island of Great Canary: and so much way did we make that we dropped anchor at an island which is called the Island of Fire:2 and having here taken in our provision of water and firewood, we resumed our voyage going south-westwards:8 and in 44 days we touched upon a new land : and we deemed that it was [part of] a continent, and continuous with that [land] of which mention is made above: the which [ne-w land] is situated within the Torrid Zone, and southwardly beyond the equinoctial line: above which the southern pole rises to the elevation of 5 degrees, beyond every climate :6 and it is 500 leagues distant south-westwardly7 from the said islands:8 and 1 1499. Latin has 1489, by error. J Lisola delfuoco. Per illibeccio. 4 The Latin has " 19 days," and so has Varnhagen, notwithstanding that his text is correct. I.e., in the preceding relation of the first voyage. The Latin makes a blunder here, and says, " opposite to," instead of " continuous with." The translator must have read "contraria" for "continual ' This means, simply, at 5 degrees south latitude. 7 Per el vento libeccio. 8 I.e., the Canaries. we found that the days were equal with the nights : for we reached it on the 27 day of June, when the sun is at the Tropic of Cancer : which land we found to be all overflowed with water and full of very large rivers.1 As yet2 we saw no people : we brought our ships to anchor and put out our boats: in them we pulled to the land, and as I hav... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
fox hound forest and prairie
- Author: edward pennell elmhirst
- Genre: Sports
Published in 1892, this early work on Fox-Hound, Forest and Praire is a fascinating read for any one interested in hunting. Chapters include; Grass Countries, The New Forest in August and The New Forest in spring. As well as illustrations. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
colonel thorpes scenes in arkansaw containing the whole of the quarter race in
- Author: william trotter porter
- Genre: Scotland
This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.
a journey to edenborough in scotland
- Author: joseph taylor
- Genre: Scotland
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.