RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1896, by G. O. Shields 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



fi.oo a Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



<;. o. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



19 West 24TH Street, 



New York. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER Pagb 



' ' The Ship Forged Ahead, Before the Ever-Increasing Gale, into the Waste of Unknown 



Waters " Froni ispie< e 



Dreams Over a Driftwood Fire. Illustrated Chas. Pryer 



Three Great Apes. I. The Gorilla. Illustrated W. T. HORNADAY 



Hunting with the Camera. Illustrated E.S.Thompson 



My Adirondack Lodge. Poem L. C Win row 



Goats and Rocks. Illustrated Dr. A. A. Law 



A North Carolina Quail Hunt H. B. H. 



How to Measure an Animal M. S. Thompson 



When Goes the Ice. Poem F. C. R. 



Two Peas H. W. Dresser 



The Story of a Hat. Poem. Illustrated David Bruce 



For New Fly Casters. Illustrated '. Ralph L. Montague 



How to Cast a Fly R. F. Shaffner 



Her Answer. Poem Edith Brownlee 



My First Coon Hunt H. L. Krueder 



The Great Northern Diver J. A. Mackenzie 



Blackfishing on Long Island Sound E. M. Leete 



Two Moose Near Mt. Katahdin Elfir 



Our Alaskan Exploring Expedition.— Hunting the Big Horn in the Chee-on-nees A. J. Stone 



Mary had a Little Calf. Poem Dayk Cory 



A Turkey Hunt in Virginia E. D. Christian, Jr. 



When Passiflora Blooms Agnes M. Andrews 



Reckless Shooting E. A. Brintnstool 



A Fight with a Rainbow W. H . Holms 



Sportsylvania . Poem H.H.Richardson 



From the Game Fields 



Fish and Fishing 



Guns and Ammunition 



Natural History 



The League of American Sportsmen 



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Editor ' s Corner 



Canoeing 



Bicycling 



Publisher's Department. 

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Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post-Office, Oct. 17, 1894. 



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