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amendment, it would be to prohibit hound- 

 ing forever, and t© put a $50 fine for killing 

 a doe. However that is not necessary, pro- 

 viding a little more energy is put forward 

 in enforcing the present laws." 



From G. A. Stevens, Lake Placid, N. Y. : 

 " Owing to the extended season the na- 

 tives killed more deer than usual, as they 

 had good snow to do it on. 



" Should the season not be changed it will 

 confine the killing to the professionals and 

 pot hunters. Season should be from Sep- 

 tember 15th to October 15th. 



From George C. Lewis, Secretary Gran- 

 shue Club: 



" The present law is good for the protec- 

 tion of deer if properly enforced. The great 

 trouble is it is not. You would not think 

 of hiring a blacksmith to set type; but this 

 is a fair comparison for the majority of 

 those appointed as game protectors." 



From Allen Olmsted, Potsdam: 

 " We have but very little protection in 

 the East end of the county. We have laws 

 enough. What we want now is men to ex- 

 ecute them. I never saw deer as plenty as 

 they were last fall, and I have hunted for 

 over 50 years." 



From E. P. Gale, Gale P. O.: 



" Prohibit jacking and hounding deer 

 forever. It is the best thing that ever was 

 done in the way of preserving deer. The 

 game law is as near right as can be." 



From Wm. Humes, Port Henry: 

 " I think the present law is as good as 

 could be made, unless hunting were pro- 

 hibited entirely." 



In answering the question in the printed 

 blank " Are deer increasing " nearly all the 

 above, as well as some 25 which I have not 

 quoted say " Yes." Altogether the result 

 of this circular of Mr. Pond's is most grati- 

 fying to friends of game protection. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



PEMIGEWASSET. 



In the November Recreation Mr. 

 Charles Payne's advertisement of his plan 

 " to kill one of the largest and finest buf- 

 faloes in the United States, and to dispose 

 of the meat for the Christmas holidays," 

 aroused my interest to such an extent that 

 I write for more direct information. The 

 wording of the notice was such that it ap- 

 peared as an appeal to a singular and, I 

 trust, rare type of sportsman. 



Can it be possible that, after all the ef- 

 forts to preserve and propagate the limited 

 remainder of so rare a native animal, and 

 after a realization of the alarming nearness 

 of its extermination has been borne in up- 

 on us by much writing, that a buffalo bull, 

 in the best condition, can be thus marked 

 for slaughter and delivered like an ox from 



the pen? Not to assume too hastily a crit- 

 ical attitude toward what appears a poor 

 piece of business at best, I beg Mr. Payne, 

 or whoever has killed this " royal game, 

 now almost extinct," will favor us with the 

 circumstances of his hunt. 



I admire your magazine; its spirit, its 

 subject matter, its illustrations. The first 

 for its discountenance of unsportsmanlike 

 methods; the absence of even a hint of pro- 

 fessionalism; its absolute adherence to a 

 high moral standard in sport. The second 

 for its thorough readability and general au- 

 thority. The last for their excellence, orig- 

 inal selection and abundance. 



Personally it is a great pleasure to read 

 articles from such men as Selous, Mather, 

 Hornaday, Carlin, especially if one has an 

 acquaintance with their previous work and 

 a knowledge of their authority. 



Another delight is the work of Mr. 

 " Wolf " Thompson, whose devoted admir- 

 er I have been since " The King of Currum- 

 paw " appeared in a bygone Scribner. 



If I could get a carbon print of his " Wolf 

 on a Hot Scent " I would pay well for it. 

 Nelson's tribute, " To Coquina," was a nug- 

 get, in both spirit and execution. 



And so it goes. Each number is admir- 

 able in every way and I hope its marvellous 

 growth will continue. 



Your courtesy in the treatment of sug- 

 gestions leads me to make one which my 

 individual effort in securing subscribers, in 

 this locality, has prompted me to. Can you 

 not find some one more frequently to sing 

 the praises and dilate upon the charms of 

 our Eastern hunting. Would that I had a 

 literary ability equal to my sensibility of 

 the charm of our Eastern days afield! I 

 have had no experience with the big game 

 of the West; and sigh for none, interesting 

 as are the accounts of its pursuit. All the 

 requirements of my hunting nature are met 

 in the seeking of our kingly grouse, the 

 tender quail and the erratic woodcock. 

 The charm of the pastoral New England 

 landscape, the very habits of the birds par- 

 taking of it; the relative sufficiency of the 

 game for all modest demands, and its near- 

 ness to a busy life, make a day afield, in 

 this vicinity, all that is necessary for my 

 pleasure. And I know I speak for a large 

 body of Eastern sportsmen. Who will 

 champion the East, in fitting words for 

 Recreation? 



In contrast to the general attitude of 

 Recreation's subscribers, on the subject of 

 what a " fair bag " should .consist of, I will 

 make a few quotations from another sports- 

 men's journal, of recent date. The article 

 referred to is signed by a staff writer, but 

 I take decided issue with him on the atti- 

 tude he assumes here — the attitude of the 

 game butcher. 



