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. 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 . Editor and Manager. 



19 West 24TH Street, 



Ni a York. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Face 



He sallied forth, growling horribly and giving me a fine view of his open mouth " Front ispiece 



Tiger Shooting in India. Illustrated Lieut. J. P. Websi er 



On Cape Cod Marshes. Illustrated WALDO 



Ducks and Quails in Florida H. B. Allen 



The Rocky Mountain Sheep. Poem, Illustrated W. T. Hoknaimy 



The Pompano of the Indian River Julia C. Welles 



Puget Sound Salmon E*-L. Kellogg 



Canoeing from Boston to Boston Joseph F. Roch e 



In Robin Time. Poem Leonard Hulit 



A Novel Goat Hunt. Illustrated O. D. Hook 



Camping at Lake Chelan, Washington. Illustrated C. C. Making 



Queer Patients and Queer Physicians- James Weir, Jr., M.D. 



Women in Camp Mrs. S. E. Abbott 



A Day in June. Poem W. C. Keplkr 



Quail in the Long Marsh G. O. H. 



A Modern Wooer. Poem Edward W. Mason 



On Hayden Lake L. L. Bales 



From the Game Fields 452 | Canoeing 



Fish and Fishing 463 



Guns and Ammunition 468 



Natural History... 472 



The League of American Sportsmen 477 



Bicycling 



Book Notices 



Publisher's Department. 

 Amateur Photography. . . 



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



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