THE expense of a first-class passage, by steamer, from Liverpool to New York, is from eighteen to twenty pounds; and from thence to New Orleans, either by railroad or Mississippi steamboat, about ten or twelve more. The pleasantest travelling is by the river. By sailing vessel, direct to New Orleans, the fare, best cabin, is twenty pounds. If the sportsman wishes to try the cane-brakes of Arkansas, Louisiana, or Mississippi, he cannot do better than make New Orleans his head-quarters. If, however, he desires to go to the paradise of hunters, he will take the steamer to Galveston. Texas, which he will reach after a run of thirty hours, or so, across the Mexican Gulf. From Galveston, on the Island of Galveston, he can reach the mainland by boat or rail, and in the interior there are plenty of conveyances to all parts of Texas.

A good steady shooting pony will be the first requirement of the sportsman, and these can be obtained for about six pounds, or just now, perhaps, a trifle more. A good saddle, more suited to the country, and to pack game on, can be got for five pounds.

If the sportsman likes four-in-hand work, he had better take out his harness and whips—the harness adapted for horses of from fourteen and a-half to fifteen and a-half hands.