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Copyright, December, 1898, by G. O. Shields 
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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 

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The Mink’s Festival. R.C.Forp. Illustrated A Christmas in the Woods. RUPE BARMBY.... 442 
by ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON .... ....... 415| First Meat for the Girl. Illustrated. CHARLES 
A Tramp in the Olympies, Illustrated. RALPH CARON. ea ttelets said ih apt Saha s oBiry si mete siclins, 443 
ROMAN IC ROCED pa a vege isc SSA eG ae Saha Nees 418) A Great Feat in Photography. Wibeceeate: ip 
pa peowienens 3 in Alaska. Miastratad: Jurtus ve 1. INIGKGR RST ON Mite, UN ong RE SAG Conse Rae a 444 
eae eae FARA ton ett peepee jis Jeng Senna Saree IDRIPR Hance ee ye 
At Chucklea, STAM ..............-. sade Bind Hunt, EiW..DucKer......., Ves Cab 
The Misfortunes of a Gold Hunter. C ‘ys 428 GT AGCRNG eon AVENE SON ees 478 
a Et ay ayer ee Hie Duck Shooting near Lake Sen unADee i Died 5h 
Bees as a as os eet at hy AME ag ol BUCH NORE ESORtEE eet )..60 >... ee 481 
A Bit of New England Sport. PEMIGEWASSET 4st IN Pleaeant Pot Yarn. Woe, eee tl 482 
ME poe ete ANE EL op lett 433|5xunk Farming for Profit, Ramsay Mac- 
Sea Otter Hunting. jf TENE Cio WSU ko ste meee Dr ICS SO a een a a 453 
A Southern Illinois Coon Hunt. H H. VER An Easy Way to Get a Gram~ phone. cag Gane 454 
[PRTEISST AG Sele 8 GR Mean ma cape Valea Soreeci) = 434|How We Got an Elk. MS G............. Sper ASG 
Hobble Your Horses, JOHN BowMAn ........ 435|From the Game Fields..... Bioy=icl=toln tet veseisi sta) = /e\sie cla = 447 
The Joys of Camping. Poem. W. H. Foor. Fish and Fishing............ Bobo esa BARE oe 
ANGEGIR Waniccatetatetavereicca reve iaicte <fastalebartaiare tate eisteve < Neg: Dood 436 Guns and Ammunition............. pened TY hee ee 457 
plocembers) oem) 2Ay (Ts. iakses: cea sci maieste a 436/Natural History..................5. npamonee acne. Chale 
Old Days in Old Ireland. GREENHEART....-. 437/The League of American Sportsmen......... Ay 
Un a New England Marsh. WaLpo. ........ 438|Publisher’s Department: 2.5. 2ae-ce-ese lt seccey ATS 
Hunting Muskrats. Avon Woops....... ..... ASO Mut OES) COMNEL tecioccrsa cots se Soc dk. see oa ues 470 
Photographing Wild Deer. Illustrated Cuas. _ |Pure and Impure Foods..........00.2.2.---.--. 480 
W. DAKE..- se eee eee eee eee eee eee eee +++ 440|Amateur Photography............. aco enous 489 
Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post-Office, Oct. 17, 1894. 


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