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the city of Fredericton he would have 

 " right in his mitt " all the choicest game 

 country of the province. His thumb would 

 touch the mouth of the Tobique river, a 

 stream almost unrivalled on the continent 

 for its wealth of fish and game as well as of 

 natural scenery. His fore-finger would 

 strike the head-waters of the far-famed 

 Restigouche and Nepisiguit; his second 

 finger, the wonderful moose and caribou 

 grounds of the Miramichi. His third 

 finger would cross Cains river and Little 

 river; and his little finger would rest on 

 the historic plains and lakes at the head of 

 Canaan and Salmon rivers. 



It would be a toss of a nickel as to where 

 he would better go. His chance of success 

 in any direction would be good, and if he 

 were a steady shot and had a reliable guide, 

 would be absolutely certain. There are 

 guides *in this province who in many years 

 experience have never, in a single instance, 

 failed to produce the living target. I won- 

 der how many American sportsmen have an 

 accurate idea how numerous moose are, at 

 the present time, in this region? One of the 

 most widely known American amateur 

 hunters, and a man of rare literary talents, 

 is Mr. Frederic Irland, of Washington. 

 Last fall he emerged from the head-waters 

 of the Southwest Miramichi with the finest 

 moose he had ever shot. Mr. Irland's 

 statement was: " I believe if you were to 

 measure off a block of land in the region 

 where I hunted, 5 miles square, it would 

 contain not less than 250 moose." Mr. 

 Carl Pickhard, of New York, with 2 

 friends, camped for 8 days, in September 

 last, on the Gueggas lakes. They brought 

 out 3 fine moose, 3 caribou, a bear, an otter 

 and a fox. Mr. Pickhard said they saw 24 

 moose during their short stay at the lakes. 



Caribou are fully as plentiful. The great 

 plains or barrens of the Northwest Mira- 

 michi, Southwest Miramichi, Nepisiguit 

 and Salmon rivers are swarming with them. 

 Not long ago 2 Fredericton sportsmen, 

 while hunting on the Northwest Mira- 

 michi, saw in 4 days 130 caribou. In De- 

 cember last a sportsman from Newcastle, 

 in the same section of country, saw a single 

 herd numbering over 100 individuals. Only 

 a fortnight ago a herd of 50 caribou were 

 seen near Doaktown, on the Southwest 

 Miramichi. 



I have been at some pains to locate re- 

 liable guides, in the different sections of 

 country, whose services can be secured by 

 visiting sportsmen in the hunting season. 

 There are some excellent Indian guides at 

 the mouth of the Tobique, whose names are 

 not known to me. Many other good men 

 might be named, but I can vouch for the 

 ability and honesty of every man mentioned 

 below: 



Henry Braithwaite, Stanley, York Co. 

 ■ William Griffin, Green Hill, York Co. 



William Grey, Jr., Bathurst. 



Alex. McVay, Boiestown. 



Thomas Downs, Campbellton. 



James Logan, Marysville. 



Arthur Evans, Zionville, York Co. 



George Armstrong, Perth Centre, Vic- 

 toria Co. 



John Stickney, Bloomfield, North Co. 



Frank Bartlett, Mersereau's P. O., Bliss- 

 field, North Co. 



Burpee Saunders, Penniac, York Co. 



Gower Price, Ludlow, North Co. 



Richard Cole, Sussex. 



Cyrus Kierstead, Fork Stream, Canaan, 

 Queens Co. 



Asa Marston, Sisson Ridge, Victoria Co. 



Newell Barnard, Edmundston. 



Adam Moore, Scotch Lake, York Co. 



Jim Paul, St. Mary's, York Co. 



The last 2 named are Indians. Should the 

 sportsmen desire further information, as to 

 guides or otherwise, I would refer him to 

 the following reliable gentlemen in the 

 principal game localities: 



William Chestnut, Fredericton. 



Robert Armstrong, Newcastle. 



Henry Bishop, Bathurst. 



S. E. MacDonald, Cherry Vale, Bruns- 

 wick, Queens Co. 



T. F. Allen, Andover, Victoria Co. 



Milton Dayton, Edmundston. 



J. S. Bassett, Campbellton. 



THE AMERICAN SPORTSMEN'S GAME ' 

 PRESERVE. 



A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN WHO HAS HUNTED ON IT TELLS 

 WHAT HE SAW THERE. 



70 Summit Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 



Editor Recreation: Some of your read- 

 ers having recognized our moose head in 

 your ad of the American Sportsmen's Game 

 Preserve, have asked my opinion of this 

 section. These I would like to answer 

 through your popular magazine and so save 

 myself some letter writing. This country 

 is a moose country par excellence. There 

 are a very few red deer, and a few cari- 

 bou. Hay bay, on Lake Kippewa, is prob- 

 ably the best part of this section for cari- 

 bou. Black bear are fairly numerous. The 

 Indians trap a number each spring, shoot- 

 ing moose for bait. One Indian, in the 

 spring of 1894, killed 12 moose for bait 

 and trapped 8 bear. Another Indian killed 

 18 moose in 2 weeks in the spring of '95. 

 This is quite easy in the deep snow after 

 locating a yard. There are also wolverine, 

 lynx, otter, mink and foxes. The best 

 feature is the fine fishing and partridge 

 shooting. These latter add materially to 

 the menu of the camp table. The country 

 is hilly, with many lakes and ponds. 



Early in summer moose are found about 

 the lakes and on the bogs and meadows. 

 In September in common with all the deer 

 tribe, they go back to the ridges; but a 

 good place to find fresh tracks, at any time, 

 is about these ponds where they come to 



