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American Angler 



WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Editor. 

 JOHN B. ROGERS, Associate Editor. 



''['^y/pONTENTS FOR JUNE. 



Frontispiece — The Maumee Rapids 170 



Fishing for Black. Bass on the Maumee Rapids 171 



Illustrated. /. £. Gunckcl 



Angling Quantrains. Verse F. C. Riehl 180 



The Tomahawk Region, Wis. Illustrated Fred. Gardner 181 



Fish and Fishing in America. Illustrated... Win. C. Harris 184 



A Subtropical Pilgrimage. Illustrated Fastita 191 



The Condition OF THE Gun Trade 197 



Growth of Local Shooting Clubs 199 



Something New in Guns 200 



Enormous Output of Inanimates 201 



The Powder War 203 



Will Big Tournaments Last 203 



Notes and Queries 204 



Our New Departure — Man as a Pre-historic Fish — The 

 Bone Fish of Biscayne Bay, Fla. — The Finger Marks of 

 St. Peter — Anent the Wall- Eyed Pike — Re varnishing 

 Rods — Fishing and Shooting Fixtures — The First Cham- 

 pionship on Clay Birds (Illustrated) — Seen in The Sun, 

 but Not " So "—As Anglers Grow Old— The Age of Fish 



THE AMERICAN ANGLER is an Illustrated Monthly Maga- 

 ,.-^'=z:::^^!^ zine, devoted to the pastime of Angling and Fish 

 Culture. Terms: $2.00 a year ; 20 cents a copy. 



Publication Office: 



29-33 West 42d St., New York. 



Copyright, 1895, by Wm. C. Harris. Entered at the Post Office, New York City, as second-class matter 



