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CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. 



Page. 



Out for a Spin Frontispiece. 



The Mink. (Illustrated. ) Stanley Waterloo, 83 



Author of " An Odd Situation," " A Man and A Women," etc. 



Autumn Days. (Poem. Illustrated.) Dr. W. H. Drummond. 88 



Taps. (Illustrated.) Mary Gordon Bailey. 89 



Alaska. (Illustrated. — Concluded.) Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A. 93 



Winter in the Kettle River Country. (Illustrated.) Charles Greenwood. 96 



Black Bass Fishing in Indiana. (Illustrated. ) Col. W. T. Dennis. 100 



A Perilous Sleigh-ride. (Illustrated.) Capt. D. Robinson, U. S. A. 103 



Moose Hunting in Canada. (Illustrated.) L. C. Ivory. 107 



A Buffalo Drive Gen. F. \V. Benteen. U. S. A. 114 



Summer. — An Aquarium Story. (Illustrated.) Mark Samuel. i 16 



Canvasback Shooting on Puget Sound J. C. Nattrass. 120 



Fish and Fishing 1 1 1 



Bicycling 122 



Editorial 124 



From the Game Ranges 126 



Possible Smiles 131 



Publisher's Department 132 



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