FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



295 



Indiana, This beautiful lake is full of bass 

 that are unsurpassed in their game qualities. 

 Only 3 miles from the lake is the Tippeca- 

 noe River, which is renowned both for its 

 beauty and for its abundant supply of small- 

 mouthed black bass. There are excellent ho- 

 tels at the lake, whose rates are reasonable, 

 and the facilities are good for reaching the 

 Tippecanoe River and other neighboring 

 waters. Lake Maxinkuckee also furnishes 

 splendie "jack salmon" fishing, but the fish 

 is not a salmon at all. It is the well-known 

 wall-eyed pike or yellow pike. Besides 

 these more noble fish, the lake literally 

 swarms with yellow perch and sunfish, which 

 are not to be despised, and which furnish 

 great sport for the women-folk and children 

 who like to fish. 



But to return to Dr. Hay's list. It is a 

 work that every angler in Indiana waters 

 should possess, for with its aid he can iden- 

 tify anv and every fish he may catch. Why 

 should the angler not identify his strange 

 fish himself ? It is an easy thing to do when 

 you once learn how; and this book of Dr. 

 Hay's will teach you how. 



It can doubtless be obtained from the In- 

 diana State Geologist, or any county auditor. 



B. W. Enerman. 



I left here October 16, for Leesburg, Va., 

 in the company with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. 

 Stith, and arrived at that place at 1 1 a. m. 

 We were met there and driven to the ferry, 

 distant 5 miles. It goes without saying we 

 had a good time, but I had to be home to- 

 day. I left some of the party up there, and 

 if it rains and turns a little warmer they will 

 catch all the bass they want. 



This far the fishing has not been good, 

 owing to the dry, hot weather and low stage 

 of water. The upper Potomac is a beautiful 

 stream though, and there are plenty of bass 

 in it. It is a paradise for anglers when the 

 conditions are right. 



Chas. S. Wheeler, 



Washington, D. C. 



Bethlehem, Pa. 

 Please accept many thanks for the Bristol 

 steel fishing rod you sent me for 10 sub- 

 scriptions to Recreation. I wanted to try 

 it before writing to you, so one day after 

 school I went to the river, and although I did 

 not catch many fish, I found I could cast 

 with this rod easier and farther than with 

 my split bamboo. The Bristol is a daisy. 

 W. G. Hark [aged 16 years.J 



The Greatest bit of recreation offered for 

 the coming winter is a remarkably cheap 

 cruise to the Mediterranean, including a 

 visit to Rome, Athens, Constantinople, 

 Jerusalem, Granada, Naples and other points 

 of interest. The entire cost of the trip is 

 only $550, including everything necess 

 For full particulars, address, 



H. Haupt, Jr., Evanston, 111. 



Suppose the fish don't bile at fu 



What be yew goin' ter dew \ 

 Chuck down yewr pole, throw 'way ytu r 



An' say your rishin's threw ? 

 Uv course yew hain't; yewr goin' ter Bah, 



An' fish, an' fish, an' wait, 

 Until yew've ketched veu r bask it full 



An' used up all yewr bait. 



Suppose success don't come at fust, 



What be yew goin ter dew? 

 Throw up the sponge an kick yewrself, 



An' go ter feeiin'blew? 

 Uv course yew hain't; yewr goin' ter ti>>h, 



An' bait, an' bait again; 

 Bimeby success will bite yewr hook, 



And yew will pull him in. 



"I. S. Osborne has 300 hogs on 1 lagei man He ^ , 

 --Pecos Valley Argus. 



Your uncle, James Hagerman, has spent 

 something over Si 50,000 in trying to n 

 "the Heights" an ideal winter home, for 

 himself and family. He built a >2o,ooo 

 house, a Sio,ooc barn, a $50,000 system of 

 water-works, planted a $20,000 orchard and 

 a $10,000 vineyard. Then he lived up there 

 on the hill a whole month and found that tin- 

 wind howled through his wlu>'^ 

 mally, and killed so many hundreds of 

 trees and vines, blew away so much 

 of his land, in the shape of dust, that 

 he couldn't live there at all. So il 

 he has planted the whole outfit t<> alfalfa 

 and rented it to this Mr. ( Isborne lor .1 

 pasture. 



" How have the mighty fall* 



Mary had a little lamb, 



A sausage link and old, fried li 



Some hard-boiled eggs, a slice of ham. 



And all the beer her ma would 



She had some doughnuts, soup and < aW 



Some biscuits, hot, and butter; 

 She drank some ale from a wooden pail. 



Then picked her teeth with a si 



She went to bed with an awful head, 

 Likewise witha fearful stumuk; 



She howled with pain ag; ,; n and again, 

 Then shuffled off, kertlum" 



This is the land of trout. 1 nei 1 

 such fishing as we jet here. H 

 some black tails and 1>< 



huge elk. Am going after them tins month. 



Hum v 

 rholme, W a 



Of .til sad word- that an anglei 



The saddesl are tin 



The bigg< 51 one gOl awav. 



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