RECREA TION. 



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Cut it to about 2x6 inches. Whittle one of the 

 long edges until it will touch every point in aline 

 drawn from just under and a little back of the 

 outside corner of your right eye across the face to 

 a corresponding point under the left eye. Now 

 round the opposite edge until it comes to a line 

 just under each eye, leaving something like one- 

 quarter of an inch of leather over the nose. 

 Finally connect the two ends with a piece of 

 elastic cord sufficient to go around the head. 



This simple contrivance, worn edgewise under 

 the eyes, will intercept all the reflected rays of 

 sunlight and will not distort nor discolor the 

 direct ones. Neither will it dim your vision by 

 overheating the eyes. It will not only prevent, 

 but speedily cure snow blindness and the terri- 

 ble headache which accompanies it. The above 

 sketch is from the original, and is nearly life size. 



E. W. Robins is dead. The dear, good old 

 man was killed in the terrible explosion of giant 

 powder, which occurred in Butte, Mont., on the 

 night of January 15th. He was bravely aniing 

 in rescuing others, who had been killed or 

 wounded, when he, himself, met a sudden and 

 violent death. Readers of Recreation will 

 remember a letter from him, printed in the 

 February number, in which he outlined the plan 

 of a bear hunt, he intended to make, in the 

 Salmon River Mountains, in April and May. 

 Another short article from his pen is printed in 

 this issue, in which he describes a device for 

 preventing snow blindness. Still others are in 

 hand for future publication. 



"Edwin W. Robins was born in Newark, 

 N. J., in 1842. During his boyhood he spent 

 three years trapping in northern Michigan. His 

 only weapon, while there, was a hatchet, and I 

 have heard him say that with this he could build 



a trap that would catch 

 anything from a mink 

 to a bear, 



11 When the call to 

 arms was sounded, in 

 1 86 1, he responded 

 promptly. He became 

 captain of Company 

 "I, "1st U. S. Sharp- 

 shooters (Berdan's) with 

 which he served three 

 years and six months. 

 At the close of the war 

 he went to the Rocky 

 Mountains, where he 

 has been a scout and 

 guide ever since. His 

 winters, of late, have 

 been spent in teaching 

 a system of mathema- 

 tics, of which he was 

 the inventor. 



H e has led many a suc- 

 cessful party through 

 the mountains and was 

 one of the few who 

 knew, unerringly, the 

 haunts of big game. 

 The last time he was 

 out he took Mr. Ilgies, 

 of Scotland, to the Te- 

 ton range, and in four 

 weeks they killed three 

 grizzlies and two elk. 

 He was a quiet, genial 

 man ; plain and simple 

 in his habits, devoid of 

 that habit of boasting, 

 which is so prevalent 

 among mountaineers. 

 Little is known of his 

 varied exper- 

 iences in the 

 mountains, ex- 

 cept by a few in- 

 timate friends. 

 To these he was 

 always ready to 

 talk freely. I le 

 leaves a wife, 

 three married 

 daughters and 

 two sons. 



I had known Mr. Robins but a few months, 

 but in that short time had learned to love him 

 as a brother. His letters breathed the spirit 

 of the typical mountaineer. It was easy to read, 

 between the lines, of the large heart, the simple 

 nature, the honest, frank, open mind, the mod- 

 est, affectionate disposition that went to make 

 this rare man. 



Mr. E. S. Paxson, an intimate personal friend 

 of Mr. Robins, writes : 



Lieutenant Peary has given the New Yoik 

 Yacht Club the head and tusk of a narwhal, 

 which he captured in the Arctic sea. The club 

 sent it to W. W. Hart & Co., taxidermists, 16 

 North William street, where it has been mace- 

 rated and handsomely mounted on a heavy oak 

 panel. This curious relic, a cut of which is 

 shown above, will hereafter occupy a prominent 

 place in the club rooms. 



