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قراءة كتاب Ranching, Sport and Travel
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ONE OF THE "BOYS." (Portrait. see page 125.)
RANCHING, SPORT AND TRAVEL
BY
THOMAS CARSON, F.R.G.S.
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDONLEIPSIC
Adelphi TerraceInselstrasse 20
1911
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This book is somewhat in the nature of an autobiography, covering as it does almost the whole of the Author's life. The main portion of the volume is devoted to cattle ranching in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The Author has also included a record of his travels abroad, which he hopes will prove to be not uninteresting; and a chapter devoted to a description of tea planting in India.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE |
|---|---|
| I. Tea Planting | 13 |
| In Cachar—Apprenticeship—Tea Planting | |
| described—Polo—In Sylhet—Pilgrims at Sacred | |
| Pool—Wild Game—Amusements—Rainfall—Return to | |
| Cachar—Scottpore—Snakes—A Haunted Tree—Hill | |
| Tribes—Selecting a Location—Return to England. | |
| II. Cattle Ranching in Arizona | 42 |
| Leave for United States of America—Iowa—New | |
| Mexico—Real Estate Speculation—Gambling—Billy the | |
| Kid—Start Ranching in Arizona—Description of | |
| Country—Apache and other Indians—Fauna—Branding | |
| Cattle—Ranch Notes—Mexicans—Politics—Summer | |
| Camp—Winter Camp—Fishing and Shooting—Indian Troubles. | |
| III. Cattle Ranching in Arizona (continued) | 81 |
| The Cowboy—Accoutrements and Weapons—Desert | |
| Plants—Politics and | |
| Perjury—Mavericks—Mormons—Bog Riding. | |
| IV. Odds and Ends | 103 |
| Scent and Instinct—Mules—Roping | |
| Contests—Antelopes—The Skunk—Garnets—Leave | |
| Arizona. | |
| V. Ranching in New Mexico | 117 |
| The Scottish Company—My Difficulties and Dangers—Mustang | |
| Hunting—Round-up described—Shipping Cattle—Railroad | |
| Accidents—Close out Scotch Company's Interests. | |
| VI. Odds and Ends | 152 |
| Summer Round-up Notes—Night Guarding—Stampedes—Bronco | |
| Busting—Cattle Branding, etc. | |
| VII. On my own Ranch | 170 |
| Locating—Plans—Prairie Fires and | |
| Guards—Bulls—Trading—Successful | |
| Methods—Loco-weed—Sale of Ranch. | |
| VIII. Odds and Ends | 198 |
| The "Staked Plains"—High Winds—Lobo | |
| Wolves—Branding—Cows—Black Jack—Lightning and | |
| Hail—Classing Cattle—Conventions—"Cutting" versus | |
| Polo—Bull-Fight—Prize-Fights—River and Sea | |
| Fishing—Sharks. | |
| IX. In Amarillo | 226 |
| Purchase of Lots—Building—Boosting a Town. | |
| X. First Tour Abroad | 234 |
| Mexico—Guatemala—Salvador—Panama—Colombia—Venezuela | |
| —Jamaica—Cuba—Fire in Amarillo—Rebuilding. | |
| XI. Second Tour Abroad | 250 |
| Bermudas—Switzerland—Italy—Monte | |
| Carlo—Algiers—Morocco—Spain—Biarritz and Pau. | |
| XII. Third Tour Abroad | 256 |
| Salt Lake | |
| City—Canada—Vancouver—Hawaii—Fiji—Australia—New | |
| Zealand—Tasmania—Summer at Home. | |
| XIII. Fourth Tour Abroad | |