"Hew to the line! Let the chips fall where they will."—Old Exhortation.

"Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice."—Othello.

For the benefit of the cause that this bookrepresents, the author freely extends to all periodicals and lecturersthe privilege of reproducing any of the maps and illustrations in thisvolume except the bird portraits, the white-tailed deer and antelope,and the maps and pictures specially copyrighted by other persons, andso recorded. This privilege does not cover reproductions in books,without special permission.