RECREATION 
Copyright, December, 1898, by G. O. Shields 
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A Meeting on the Portage, The Gun was not ready but the Camera was......-..-... FRONTISPIECE 
: By A. B. Frost 
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OHA IUC ROC RINE emery ech Ath SAM Sobers Sette Uae ooh G avbteemi seine abe ..... Anonymous 6 
Bivoummenievericwe Ulastratet | 0 = a2 ee ie c- none feta = Soe tie se enna JAMES J. WESLORE 7 
Gla) Suuawasugotwmne.. lilustrated. = S.20. 2-90. soe ot tae mc sens ee ee] ne seen eEOEN BOYD: = © It 
An lows Turkey bunt. lllustrated += scs-<2cccn2cce-e07 cer tn- ee aad aap een IVANHOE WHITTED 3 
The mvOOd COCK slllnSErated! Fc pee wei eiec as ee mersicctoneisis Ss cieie sd o.cteis Guus soe bemees Bat oy psvete ALLAN BROOKS 16 
SRG METsT Gard MENESEE ALE Cia. oan ec een ie ba wc wclo Pewee Ee Sek poeew eae ods ee aees ALLAN BROooxKs 19 
PROTEC ERIC © ere lULL SUT Le Cleperers ees ietetgercte Senora oS acta atopic wee a Bora wires Visistcteom ew Seg Seems BeOS GEO. W. BAILEY 21 
Phe ‘Ha Ha” Trip.......-..- as cme pe tee oe Oe Re pe ae ee aie ANG Fe ae eg Dr. J.C. FRENCH 27 
Traps and How to Make Them, [Illustrated.......-...........- ++ -es-e sees eee e ees ROBERT ACKER 28 
Angling IRCRING oo seses shee ron eee ee ieee occ e thee Seen Mace le Re Rees cticiess er OE PLA 32 
EE AGT DE HQ te ottete are See ire Seach a Te ae setae neh On ATE swiss oe SOT WALTER G.CORKER 66 
How I Made Trouble with a Wisinng Carty. a. o5 is geen ones ee om see ese CHAS. E. HICKoK 68 
A Badly Twisted Yarn --... SEE Oe Gt OE AIC EL Fe eee ee ea A nt a oa Be PGE Ao Nd Oa Da Or 70 
From the Game Fields...........--...--..---- 34) College Athletics. ...2..2-2---2- .--++-2-0+-5- 60 
Fish and Fishing Ea sl parete eet cla oo etna aks Se 43 | Publisher’s Department es ER Car Oh 3 
Guns and Ammunition........ obdedBecentoas 48 | Pure and Impure Foods....- -.---.---.------ 61 
Natural History.........-..-.-- cera ULE hee 55 Amateur Photography..........-..--.. -----. 73 
The League of American Sportsmen..-..-.-. 57 
Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post-Office, Oct. 17, 1894. 




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