RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1901, by G. O. Shields 

 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



$1.00 A Year. 



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G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



PAGE 



One Went under the Table and the Other over It Frontispiece 



Mountain Sheep in Idaho. Illustrated Geo. F. Wright 167 



"Where the Wild Duck Quacks. Poem Geo.McAdam 169 



A Moose Quartette and a Solo. Illustrated J.R.King 171 



Plateau Wildcat. Illustrated Allan Brooks 174 



A Moose Hunt in Northern Maine .A. Hedges 175 



The Monarch's Battle Cry. Poem R.T.L. 176 



An Adirondack Laker H. R. Barnard 177 



A Tiny Tragedy. Illustrated L. C. Remsen 179 



The Sick Man's Request. Poem A. L. Vermilya 180 



Some Hunting Days Howard Carl 181 



Adirondack Guides Thomas G. King 183 



Salmon Fishing on Charleston Lake E. A. Geiger 185 



A Bear and a Bath W. H.Wright 187 



To a Migratory Fowl. Poem A.D'.Nichols 188 



Hunting Quails and Finding Coons E. M. Dorsey 189 



Hunting Wolves in Eastern Nebraska Arthur L. Anderson 191 



The Old Drummin' Log:. Poem Brad L. Hubert 192 



Muskrat Trapping J. A. Newton 193 



The Wild Goose Chase. Poem Rev. F. C. Cowper 195 



Mr. Lacey's Speech on the Game Preserve Bill 197 



Autumn Joys. Poem Arthur Hazleton 198 



From the Game Fields 199 



Fish and Fishing 20; 



Guns and Ammunition — 211 



Natural History 217 



The League of American Sportsmen 223 



Forestry 228 



Pure and Impure Foods 230 



Book Notices 232 



Publisher's Notices 233 



Editor's Corner 236 



Amateur Photography 241 



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



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