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THIS book, excellent of its kind, is primarily intended for the sportsman, though possessing also a wider interest. Two-thirds of its contents and the majority of its illustrations are devoted to the description of those forms of the animal life of Western America which men most eagerly kill for pleasure or profit. The wapiti, the “antelope-goat,” the moose, caribou and deer, the bighorn, the prong-buck, the bears and the bison, are all in turn discussed, generally with vivid personal reminiscences of their pursuit and slaughter amid their natural surroundings. Interesting chapters are also written on the seal and other fur-bearing animals of the Pacific Coast, and on the salmon of the British Columbian rivers; and four of the later chapters of the book (pp. 225–315) contain an account of the author's experiences as a pioneer in the Kootenay district of British Columbia. In the opening up of this district Mr. Baillie-Grohman played a conspicuous part, and in view of the rapid development which it has undergone during the last ten years, some permanent historic interest will no doubt attach to this account.
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L., G. Progress in North-Western America 1 . Nature 61, 566–568 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061566a0
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