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RECREA TION. 



We expect the second flight about the 

 beginning of August, when there will be 

 better shooting than earlier. I have never 

 been in a big flight, but have been told it 

 is not unusual for a man to kill 200 to 400 

 birds, if he has shells enough.* 



We do not kill these birds for market, 

 but one or 2 gunners will kill enough to 

 distribute throughout the neighborhood. 



Bear are quite numerous, at this place. 

 We had a small hunt about a month ago, 

 jumping 2 bear inside of 20 minutes. Both 

 got away however. 



A. S. Doane, Coinjock, N. C. 



GOV. HOGG A VIOLATER OF A GAME LAW. 



The Court of Appeals of Nacogdoches, 

 Tex., has affirmed the judgment given in 

 favor of the State, against E. C. Dickinson 

 of Cherokee county, in the county court of 

 that county about 3 years ago, for violation 

 of the game law. The case had much no- 

 toriety at the time because of its involving 

 several distinguished men, notably ex-Gov. 

 Hogg, of Texas. 



The facts in brief are that Gov. Hogg 

 went to Rusk, and joined some friends in 

 a camp hunt. They killed one deer, and 

 this was made known to the county author- 

 ities, who prosecuted the hunters. It was 

 arranged that, as a test case, Judge Dickin- 

 son should be tried and the others would 

 submit to the decision, the same as he. 

 Judge Dickinson was convicted. His case 

 was appealed and has now been affirmed. 

 Gov. Hogg has, from the first, been anx- 

 ious to have the case decided and be done 

 -with it. 



The distinguished defendants can now 

 step up to the captain's office and settle. 

 It seems that in Texas the law is no re- 

 specter of persons. It is a mighty encour- 

 aging sign of the coming of the sports- 

 men's millennium when an ex-governor 

 can be arrested and fined for violating a 

 same law. 



A number of our local sportsmen have 

 become interested in the introduction into 

 this vicinity of some of the varieties of 

 pheasants, and of some variety of quail 

 that can endure this climate. I am aware 

 pheasants were introduced a few years ago, 

 into Livingston county, this State, but 

 have not been able to learn with what suc- 

 cess. Some time ago a New York paper 

 published an article in which it was stated 

 that pheasants' and quails' eggs would be 

 furnished to clubs, for the purpose of prop- 

 agation. Can you give me any informa- 

 tion on this subject? The ruffed grouse is 

 about the only game left in the Mohawk 

 valley, and unless some means are adopted 



* All such men should be enrolled as members of the 

 swine herd. — Editor. 



for his protection his ultimate extinction 

 is only a question of time. 



I am much interested in the vigorous 

 fight you are waging against " game hogs," 

 and hope, some day, to see all true spqrts- 

 men arrayed against that most detestable 

 of beings. I would like also to see some 

 rational reason given why our legislators 

 should consider the meadow lark a game 

 bird on Long Island and not elsewhere in 

 this State. In my opinion the meadow 

 lark should be protected, as much in one 

 place as in another, and the same is true 

 of all kinds of game. 



I find Recreation very interesting and 

 instructive. 



Geo. M. Albot, Fultonville, N. Y. 



IDAHO NOTES. 



Mr. Bovier and a party of friends from 

 Elmira, N. Y., recently enjoyed a few days' 

 trout fishing on the South Fork of Payette 

 river and made good catches. This is a 

 model trout stream. The water is clear and 

 cold; there are many deep, rocky pools 

 where trout love to hide. I have found here 

 3 varieties of trout; the large spotted moun- 

 tain trout, cut-throat trout (Salmo mykis) 

 and the Dolly Varden, also known here as 

 the bull trout. The natives call the cut- 

 throat trout the silver trout. I have caught 

 some of these that weighed more than 2 

 pounds. 



The Idaho trappers tell me eagles are the 

 worst trouble with which they have to con- 

 tend. These birds swoop down, attempt to 

 carry off the baits and get caught in the 

 traps, thereby preventing fur animals from 

 getting in and causing a clear loss of time. 

 In other instances they tear up animals they 

 find in the traps. The trappers denounce 

 our National bird of liberty as a common 

 thief and an unmitigated nuisance. 



The other day, while riding over the 

 mountain, I surprised 2 bears that were 

 feeding in a huckleberry patch. They were 

 yearlings — one a black and the other a 

 brown. I rode up to within twenty yards 

 of them before they ran. People living at 

 and near Banner say it is a common thing 

 to see an old bear with one black and one 

 brown cub. In fact when a pair of cubs are 

 found one is almost invariably brown. 



Mountain lions are playing havoc with 

 the game, at the deer licks in central Idaho. 

 We found remains of several deer that had 

 been killed and partly eaten, by them, and 

 captured one big lion, with a set gun, at the 

 carcass of a deer he had killed the night be- 

 fore. We also shot 3 other lions near the 

 licks. 



These same trappers say the Lemhi and 

 Bannock Indians invaded that country, last 



