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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Kettle River Wilderness. (Illustrated.) Prof. L. L. Dyche. 



Author of " Camp Fires of a Naturalist." 



A Sunday Constitutional. (Illustrated.) R. C. W. Lett. 



Cat Boat Race off Larchmont. (Poem.) David B. Keeler. 



A Leaf from a Fly-Book. (Illustrated.) H. K. Tenney. 



In Canadian Woods. (Illustrated.) Joseph W. Howe. 



Huckleberries or Fish. (Poem.) Frank H. Sweet. 



Crossing the Plains. (Illustrated.) , Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A. 



A Sportsman's Reverie. (Poem.) E. P. Jaques. 



Gautemotzin. — The Last of the Aztecs Dr. Edward J. Tucker 



Another Lively Powder C. E. Johannes. 



A Prescription Dr. T. K. Tuthill. 



Quail Shooting in California Edward W. Wild. 



From the Game Ranges 317 



Bicycling 324 



Fish and Fishing 316 



Editorial 326 



Book Notices , 



Possible Smiles 



Publisher's Department 

 Amateur Photography.. 



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