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joyed his recreations, to the limit, and the 

 reader enjoys them with him — all but one. 

 Oh, Martindale, Martindalc! How could 

 you be so careless as to hunt moose, for 

 days and days, in awful weather, with so 

 rusty a rifle that when your one great 

 chance came the hammer would not fall? 

 I sympathize with you, most feelingly, 

 when your more trusty rifle failed to kill 

 another big moose, but I trust that rusty 

 rifle met its just deserts across the trunk 

 of a large hickory tree. Next time you 

 should keep it clean and well oiled. 



I like the author's parting shot at the 

 man of business, " chained like a felon in 

 his cell," making money, and allowing his 

 health to go to the dogs. Mr. Martindale 

 preaches the gospel of Rest and Recrea- 

 tion. " Money without health is a much 

 greater calamity that health without 

 money." His example in taking such bene- 

 ficial and interesting trips, and then de- 

 scribing them in word and picture, that 

 others may enjoy them, is commendable. 



Next time, however, I would advise him 

 to counsel with some experienced book- 

 maker before going to press — as most other 

 book-writers do; to eliminate the mischiev- 

 ous little errors that even the most careful 

 author is prone to overlook. 



Every person, who subscribes for Rec- 

 reation, or renews his subscription, this 

 year, can get a copy of Mr. W. T. Horn- 

 aday's delightful book, " The Man Who 

 Became a Savage," for 50 cents extra. 

 The book sells in the stores at $1.50; but 

 you can get Recreation one year, and the 

 book, for $1.50. 



An Australian Mosquito-Proof Tent for 

 10, 15 or 25 subscriptions to Recreation — 

 according to size of tent. Send for circu- 

 lar. This tent is light, compact, water- 

 proof and insect-proof. 



I have organized a gun club, and have 

 had it named the Recreation Gun Club. 

 A. H. Miegel, Augusta, Ga. 



Thank you, cordially. I have sent you a 

 flag bearing the name of your club. — Edi- 

 tor. 



Ed. Billings and I are taking 7 sports- 

 men's periodicals, but think more of Rec- 

 reation than of any of the others. 



Fred A. Sweet, Smyrna, N. Y. 



She gathers bright autumn leaves — yellow 

 and red — 



What a muss in the parlor they make: — - 

 And she'd faint dead away if anyone said 



She must gather them in with a rake. 



PUBLISIIKk'S DEPARTMENT. 



A new field is opened for lovers of the 

 rod and gun, by an excursion which leaves 

 New York, this winter, for all seaports of 

 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, 

 Nicaragua, U. S. of Colombia, and Ven- 

 ezuela. The steamer, fitted up with all 

 comforts for tourists and invalids, remains 

 in each port long enough to visit the in- 

 terior. For instance, she lies at Savanilla 

 4 weeks, as most passengers will ascend the 

 Magdalen river, cross the Andes to Bogota, 

 the capital of Colombia, and visit some of 

 the gold mines in that republic. A party 

 of 15 is being made up who intend to have 

 a steam launch at their sole disposal, to go 

 off from the ship on shooting and fishing 

 trips, up the various rivers. Six months is 

 calculated as the duration of the tour, re- 

 turning about June 30th. The manager, 

 Capt. A. L. Lowe, 567 W. Boulevard, New 

 York, will answer all inquiries, promptly. 



Gerhard Mennen tried a full page ad in 

 Recreation, reluctantly. He said he did 

 not believe it was a good medium for his 

 business; but fhe results were such as to 

 induce him to supplement this with an- 

 other full page order in the next 2 issues. 

 This 2nd order expired with the October 

 number, and he has now given me an order 

 for a full page to run one year. Any ad- 

 vertiser who may be in doubt as to whether 

 Recreation is a good medium for general 

 advertisers would do well to write the Ger- 

 hard Mennen Co., Newark, N. J. 



There are several gun and fishing tackle 

 makers, powder makers, and others, who 

 persistently refuse to advertise in Recrea- 

 tion though they do advertise in nearly all 

 the other sportsmen's journals. This, of 

 course, means that these manufacturers do 

 not want the trade of Recreation's read- 

 ers. You will therefore assert your own 

 self respect by not buying goods of such 

 people. 



If you have sent in a club of subscrip- 

 tions to Recreation, and have gotten 

 your premium, and if it be satisfactory, 

 please tell all your friends about it and ad- 

 vise them to do likewise. 



Getting subscriptions for Recreation is 

 easy. The magazine does its own talking. 

 Turn to the premium list, on page lix., 

 and see what you can get by sending in a 

 club. 



I will esteem it a personal favor if you 

 will send me the names and addresses of all 

 the sportsmen you know, who are not yet 

 readers of Recreation. 



