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notably mallards, scoters, widgeons, shov- 

 ellers, teal, etc., were found in great 

 abundance in this vicinity until the freez- 

 ing of the sloughs. The officer in charge 

 of the detachment is an enthusiastic sports- 

 man, and generally successful in exacting 

 liberal toll from the various flocks of wild 

 fowl, to supplement the government issue 

 of grub. 



Sharp tailed grouse are fairly plentiful. 



Coyotes are here, galore. Stockmen 

 complain bitterly of the loss sustained 

 through the killing of colts and calves, and 

 occasionally adult animals, by the maraud- 

 ing gray wolf. A liberal bounty is being 

 paid for the destruction of these pests, by 

 the Stock Association. 



W. M., Colles, Alberta, Can. 



THEY COME HIGH. 



As all sportsmen know, no man surpasses 

 an Englishman in his ability to protect 

 game from extermination. The following 

 item from the Singapore Free Press shows 

 what measures have been taken in Pahang, 

 a " Protected Native State " in the Malay 

 Peninsula just North of Malacca. There is 

 no country in the Far East whose forests 

 are more difficult to penetrate, or to hunt 

 in successfully, that those of the Malay 

 Peninsula. In places the vegetation is so 

 dense and so tangled, that only the thin- 

 nest of iungle cats can get through. 



A scale cHJPees for big game shooting in Pahang is pub- 

 lished. To shoot or capture elephants, sladang, or rhinoc- 

 eros $100 will be charged for 3 months. $50 must be paid 

 for every elephant wounded or killed, and $25 for the other 

 animals. But for a cow elephant, a calf or immature ele- 

 phant, sladang or rhinoceros killed or wounded, a fine of 

 §250 will be imposed. A rifle of not less than a 10-bore 

 calibre must be used, and an ad valorem duty of 10 per 

 per cent, will be charged for all elephants captured. 



It was in Pahang that on July 12, 1897, 

 Captain H. C. Syers, Superintendent of Po- 

 lice for the Protected Native States, was 

 twice gored and tossed by an infuriated 

 " sladang " (Indian bison) which he had 

 wounded. His European companion testi- 

 fied that the bison threw his victim 30 feet 

 into the air, and as soon as he fell, gored 

 and tossed him a second time. Captain 

 Syers was gored in the side, and injured 

 internally so badly that he lived but a few 

 hours. 



Those who have read Mr. Hornaday's 

 " Two Years in the Jungle " will remember 

 Captain Syers as the gallant and genial 

 young Englishman who so handsomely en- 

 tertained the American naturalist, and took 

 him on an elephant-hunting trip into the 

 interior of Selangor. 



RABBIT SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN NEW 

 JERSEY. 



Mr. Oliver, my brother, and I, went 

 shooting, on Thanksgiving day, between 

 Monmouth Junction and Cranberry, South 

 Jersey. We found game scarce; only 



starting 4 rabbits. We killed 3 of them, 

 and 4 squirrels. 



On the place where we stopped, there 

 had been all summer a bevy of quail; and 

 among them were 2 pure white birds. They 

 were shot by a gentleman living in that 

 vicinity, a few days before our arrival. 



Rabbits will soon be exterminated, in 

 North and South Jersey, unless they are 

 protected by law for 3 to 5 years. Rabbits 

 are quite plentiful in Hunterdon county, 

 on the line of the L. V. R. R. a few miles 

 this side of Easton, Pa. Three years ago 

 3 of us shot 35 rabbits in a day; killing 20 

 of them before noon. I have since heard 

 of parties killing from 50 to 75 in a day, in 

 that locality. 



W. H. Kelley, Waverly Park, N. J. 



NOTES. 



Mr. Elmer Tittsworth is a fox hunter of 

 more than local fame; and the owner of 3 

 champion fox hounds, " Buck," " Bawley," 

 and " Drum." The record of these dogs, 

 since October 1st, '97, is 24 red foxes and 

 one gray fox. They caught the gray fox 

 in 7 hours. It takes them from 6 to 10 

 hours to catch the red ones. Who has 3 

 better hounds? Let us hear from other fox 

 hunters. 



C. L. Fesler, El Dara, 111. 



Lant Lewis, Mort Harmer, Fred Blake 

 and J. E. Carpenter spent 20 days, last No- 

 vember, hunting deer, in the Pine river re- 

 gion in Florence county, Wisconsin. 



The party saw, in all, 35 or 40 deer; 

 mostly does and fawns. They secured 4 

 bucks, 2 does and a fawn; and greatly en- 

 joyed the trip and their experience in the 

 woods. 



J. E. Carpenter, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



We had plenty of quails here last fall, 

 and a few are left for seed. The law pro- 

 tects them now, but there is nobody to 

 enforce it. One man killed half a flock of 

 quails within the village limits, since the 

 season expired. Scores of rabbits are 

 killed by the help of ferrets. 



Young Sportsman, Armada, Mich. 



We have many rabbits and squirrels, 

 some grouse and quails. I should like to 

 hear more about trapping small animals. 

 J. M. Riley, Hinckley, O. 



Write the Oneida Community, Kenwood, 

 N. Y., for a copy of its pamphlet on trap- 

 ping. Mention Recreation. 



Will readers of Recreation who have 

 used the Winchester repeating shot gun, 

 tell what they think of it for small game 

 shooting? Subscriber. 



