Excerpt from Field Sports, Vol. 1 of 2: The United States, and the British Provinces of America For the illustrations, designed by myself from living, or stuffed Specimens, I am greatly indebted to Mr. Bell, the eminent taxidermist and naturalist, who kindly laid Open his cabinet for my use and I will only add my acknowledgment to Mr. Read. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.