RECREATION 
Copyright, December, 1898, by G. O. Shields 
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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER PAGE 
To My Gun. Poem. L. A. SHaArp. Illustrated by C. B. HUDSON......-..-.---2...-000-0000% Sete eee 232 
Tie Making of a Groat Zoo. Illustrated. - 05.0 ee oat sect aeee deere eeeecaceaens J.D. RICHARDS 33g 
The Ringbill Duck, Atthya Collaris. Illustrated. ....... Bee, rue Bont c sian .ALLAN BROOKS 350 
An Adventure with Florida Smugglers, Illustrated. .... .... -......-...-.... VAUGHAN KESTER 3:1 
White-tailed Ptarmigan, Lagopus Leucurus. Illustrated,................-...-...+: ALLAN BRooxKs 357 
A Chipmunk Hunt. Illustrated with amateur photos by F.G. Warner....... .....-..-2--e00e0-2-- 358 
In Lucre’s Grasp. Poem......-.-...-------++++++: SaaS ete Bis NGS arate Mary A. DICKERSON 359 
How the U.S. Fish Commission Plants Shad, Illustrated...................... ...W.C. MARSH 360 
Longing. Poem....-.........0-eseeee cece nese tee eee eee een ees pie dd OHN, L. GOOURICK, JR. + 363 
When the Scoters Fly. Poem. Illustrated.............-..-005 ee eeeeeee ee eee ees ae raee aera ee WALDO 365 
The Hunter’s Dream, Poem....... Sd Saale Soe aio SRA ir Oe MR EE . A, L. VERMILYA 396 
Skunk Farming for Profit.....-- SE om ne eat ‘sp Raat aici cooeieie ger eRe RAMSAY MACNAUGHTON — 397 
A Pleasant Point Yarn. .----.--.-----------+- Be SE IBATE A ESOS EET EAE ees Ce PE ae W.C. BAKER = 398 
A Memory...-.-------+--0+------ ABO SME ORO CEO a Uae ce MOD UREA OriCos eet aie years A. R. SMITH = 399 
A Pilgrimage...-----------+----++- We birencts denier suet aimee Lane: Reh Wire Aen chet W.H. NELSON 400 
For Fashion’s Sake, Poem..........-- Beet cnt CALS tent ange TRA RET ee ae A. L. VERMILYA 401 
A Rushing Deer Hunt in Maryland......- Bicreeracpi an memes HOP Rea eaer non saasee. peter er Wis HALES oe 40s 
A Pet Moose..--.--.-- PE Bi ive raisrataae te aoe ma agataai ape chats Siva ee acota Bete ae tle zor otaiobes ayn! 6, eine sie C.C. FARR 404 
The Last Woodcock. Poem. Illustrated..................00.... Pe nee Means ace aan ee NVELISe 0 4I2 
From the Game Fields.....----.-------------- 366 | Publisher’s Department.......-- i san eee 3 392 
Fish and Fishing......----.-.--.-----+++--+-- 371 | Editor’s Corner ......-.-.-------- SAM eRe: bint 391 
Guns and Ammunition.......-...-- seceseseese 375 | Book Notices..........- So cdn vaddbyeousacrn cont 402 
Natural History....----.------ eae s-e-ee--- 382) Pure and Impure Foods..... hE ile ASE AD oe 3904 
The League of American Sportsmen....-.-.. 339 | Amateur Photography...............-..-----. 407 
Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post-Office, Oct. 17, 1894. 




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