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RECREATION. 



HUNTERS WHO ARE SHOT AT SHOULD 

 SHOOT BACK. 



I appreciate your efforts for the preser- 

 vation of game, as well as the many other 

 valuable qualities of your magazine. Along 

 your line of work comes also the preserva- 

 tion of human life, and, in some cases at 

 least, it seems impossible to preserve both 

 the game and the hunters. Under existing 

 circumstances the sooner the deer in the 

 Adirondacks are killed off, or the fool hun- 

 ters squelched, the better. No man, wo- 

 man or child who ventures into those hills 

 when the deer-hunting season is on, wheth- 

 er wearing red, blue or gray sweater, or 

 no clothes at all, is safe. 



Some time ago I wrote Dr. Webb, 

 who owns a large tract in the Adirondacks, 

 and suggested that he post his forests with 

 permanent signs, about as follows : "Be- 

 fore you shoot know you are not shooting 

 at a human being." 



If all individual owners in the State 

 would so board their forests, the number 

 of deaths caused by careless shooters might 

 be largely decreased. 



Will you stir up this matter in your char- 

 acteristic, vigorous manner and receive the 

 blessing of every lover of the woods? 



The fall is the most delightful season in 

 the hills, but it is marred by this con- 

 stant danger. Many people stay at home 

 who would like to enjoy the benefits of the 

 forest at that season. You can accom- 

 plish a great good if you will devote half 

 the energy you do to game hogs, whom 

 we all detest. 



Why not open a life-saving department 

 in Recreation ? Let us hear from others 

 on this subject. 



F. P. H., Syracuse, N. Y. 



One good way to check the killing of 

 hunters would be to hunt down and kill 

 every man who shoots, or shoots at, a hu- 

 man being, under the impression that he is 

 a deer. A man who shoots without know- 

 ing what he is shootirfg at is no better than 

 a murderer, and should be as summarily 

 dealt with.— Editor. 



THE SEVENTH CAVALRY AND THE YELLOW- 

 STONE PARK. 

 Knowing that Recreation is ever ready 

 to champion the cause of game protection, 

 I beg it to protest against the removal of D 

 and H troops, 7th Cavalry, from their pres- 

 ent station in Yellowstone park. An order 

 was recently issued relieving them from 

 police duty there. The game, especially 

 buffalo and beaver, will surely suffer if a 

 change is made. It takes a detail at least 

 3 years to learn the habits and haunts of 

 the game and the boundaries of the park, 

 and while they are learning the ropes 

 poachers will have everything their own 



way. The attention of the War Depart- 

 ment should be called to this matter at 

 once. The 7th Cavalry has done more for 

 the protection of the park than any other 

 troops that have been here. 



There are 3 scouts in the park — Morri- 

 son, Whittaker and Burgess. Morrison 

 can not be relied on ; the poachers them- 

 selves say they are- safe when they see him 

 coming; but if they see one of the other 

 scouts they have to run. The poachers 

 have it in for Whittaker ; he is too 

 strict to suit them. Last November he 

 caught 2 men shooting at antelope near 

 this place. It was too dark for fine work, 

 but the men told me he sent bullets whist- 

 ling mighty close to their heads. Though 

 he is no friend of mine, he is the best man 

 in the park. He has arrested more people 

 since he has been on the force than all the 

 others put together. He can be seen every 

 morning patrolling the North line of the 

 park long before daybreak. Sergeant Wall 

 and Scout Burgess are 2 other men who 

 put the fear of God in the poachers. 



A. B. C, Gardiner, Mont. 



A MODEST CAMP. 



West Palm Beach, Fla. 

 Editor Recreation : 



"How to Build a Camp," in August Rec- 

 reation, page 113, was an inspiration to me 

 and filled a long felt want. I went right 

 over in the Everglades, where land can still 

 be had for 2,000 plunks an acre, and started 

 3 places on the lines indicated, one for my 

 private use, one for you, Old Boy, and one 

 for some mutual friend. My house stands 

 in the center of the trio. To enable me to 

 distinguish it easily, should I ever come 

 home too full of ozone, I sent to Colorado 

 for a few carloads of rose quartz, well filled 

 with gold. With this I expect to make a 

 sort of inlay, using coquina rock as a 

 cement. 



The other 2 houses will be inlaid in much 

 the same way, using pyrites of iron for the 

 one and moss agates for the other. To 

 preserve the harmony of the whole, there 

 will be, immediately over the entrance of 

 each house, a ruby about the size of an 

 ordinary water bucket. I intended to use a 

 larger stone, but found them hard to get 

 without flaws, or money. 



To prevent the blooming tourist from 

 annoying us I went some 250 miles into the 

 Glades, Our own transportation will be 

 made by means of compressed air. Recent 

 experiments have shown it possible to 

 traverse the distance in 8 minutes, landing 

 in a bathtub of Florida water. 



We will use the wireless telegraph, the 

 photo-telephone, and stored solar rays for 

 lighting. I expect great things from the 

 photo-telephone. By a system of mirrors 



