PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 dence of wear and tear, But its pages are full 

 of happy memories of, by-gone days and recol- 

 lections stir me as I open the old book. What a 

 blessed gift is memory of all the many gifts of an 

 all-wise, beneficient Creator, The gift of mem- 

 ory I believe to be the most precious of all, A 

 person may lose his possessions, be deprived of 

 sight or the loss of a limb but once having seen 

 and enjoyed these things the memory will re- 

 main whilst life and intellect last and can be re- 

 called at most any time. When ! turn over the 

 dim and faded pages I am back again in the old 

 Kankakee Swamps. What events in hunting 

 you can remember, Friend Hunter. What glor- 

 ious happenings occured when you were present 

 to behold them. Every hunter keeps in his 

 memory to the last some wonderful performance 

 of the hunting grounds. He has only to shut his 

 eyes and see again the shots or catch, just as it 

 was made, even though it might have been forty, 

 fifty or even seventy-five years ago and the 

 smallest details of the great achievements will 



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