The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada

Abstract

THIS is a capital book in many respects. Mr. Rowan is himself an old Canadian settler and knows the country well in various aspects. He tells the plain truth as to the suitability of Canada as a field for emigration, and the intending emigrant could not get a better guide as to the resources of the country, and the kind of settlers for which it is adapted. Mr. Rowan is a keen sportsman and has a fair knowledge of zoology. His descriptions of hunting life in Canada are thoroughly interesting and abound with fresh information on the many animals which are still to be found there. Mr. Rowan is a good observer, and some of the information which he gives regarding the animals with whose habits he is familiar may be new even to naturalists. He describes, at considerable length, especially, the habits of the beaver as observed by himself, and adduces some facts to show that previous popular statements with regard to this animal must be to some extent modified. The volume will be found of interest not only to the emigrant, the sportsman, and the naturalist, but to all who love good hunting and trapping stories well told. Its principal defect is the want of an index.