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distance below, where he filled the buck- 
ets, and then waded back. When asked 
why, he said the water on our side looked 
warm. One evening he chopped a dry tree 
almost off, intending to fell it for firewood. 
When he gave it a deliberate push to see 
if it would not break off where chopped 
what was his disgust to have it turn out at 
the roots and come down with a crash. 
On Loon creek we saw a tall, slender 
black pine tree in a grove of them. The 
tenderfoot cut it down and measured it. 
Length 48%4 feet, diameter 2%4 inches. 
Next! The word “‘tenderfoot” is now ob- 
solete in Idaho. They are at present 
known as “Johnny-come-latelys.” 
One of the best summer outings to be 
imagined for a family or party would be 
the Oregon Short Line to Ketchum or 
Hailey, Idaho; thence by wagon up the 
Salmon river to Stanley basin and the Red 
Fish lakes. Excellent fishing abounds; 
large and small game in abundance and 
the finest scenery in Idaho. August would 
be the most pleasant time to start. While 
there recently I took so many views of 
the superb scenery the tenderfoot re- 
marked I would wear out my lens. Stan- 
ley basin is a paradise for grouse hunters. 
Red fish were a wonder to the tenderfoot. 
The Sawtooth mountains shadow Stanley 
basin, and beside furnishing grand views, 
are the home of numerous goats and 
sheep. The foothills furnish range for 
deer, bear and a few elk. There are many 
trout streams, alive with brook trout. 
The hide hunters did not make their 
usual slaughter at Sulphur creek this year. 
It is to be hoped our game warden, Ar- 
buckle, will keep watch on that vicinity 
hereafter during the licking season. 
Old John Jackson, the .discoverer of 
Jackson’s Hole, Wyoming, is mining near 
us, and, in fact, worked for us a good part 
of the summer. 
M. W. Miner, Banner, Idaho. 
NNER WAY Shs col gy72 
I should like very much to know the 
name of the animal described below. I 
went out coon hunting one night with a 
party of friends and two dogs. The dogs 
struck a hot trail and were close to 
the animal when we overtook them. We 
were in a cornfield and the dogs were ina 
small piece of woods, when something 
jumped the fence from the woods into the 
cornfield and came within 15 or 20 feet of 
us before it saw us. It was white, with 
one black spot as large as my hand on its 
back, and was built apparently somewhat 
like a fox. It was as tall as a small hound, 
had a bushy tail and a gait like a cat. 
One of the party thought it was a dog 
and whistled for it. When it heard the 
whistle it stopped short and then sneaked 

RECREATION. 
behind a corn shock. The dogs came up 
just then, and it went back into the woods.. 
It didn’t seem at all afraid, but took its 
time to it. It jumped to the top rail of 
a high fence and over without effort. 
The dogs soon caught up with it, and 
one of the party who was in the woods 
happened to be within 15 feet of it when 
the dogs jumped on it, but it turned 
around and hit each dog on the side of 
the head, turning them end for end. The 
dogs wouldn’t follow it any more, but lay 
down with all the sand knocked out of 
them. They are fierce fighters usually, 
and one of them is pretty heavy, but 
they were completely whipped. They were 
scratched on the sides of their heads when 
we examined them. The animal uttered no 
sound and didn’t seem to fear the dogs. 
People living .there had heard’ some 
strange animal yelling at night, and it had 
been seen twice before—once by an old 
lady, after dark, who at first thought it a 
lamb, and again by a young man, who 
told what an enormous cat he had seen. 
I enclose a clipping from a county paper 
also. Can any one tell me what the animal 
is? It has not been seen since that night, 
I believe. 
George G. Hibbard, Athens, Ohio. 
ANSWER. 
There is no such species of animal as 
you describe on this continent. The brute 
may possibly have veen an albino lynx, 
partially white, with a bit of his natural 
color on his back, which would appear 
dark or black in the night. The degree 
of courage you attribute to him, however, 
is unusual, if not entirely unknown, in this 
species. The lynx usually gets away from 
.dogs as fast as he can and never fights un- 
less compelled to. There is absolutely no 
possibility of this having been a specimen 
of a new species, The fauna of your State, 
in fact, of all the States, is well known and 
well defined by scientists, and there are no 
missing links. EDITOR. 

CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS. 
Game in this county, Carrituck, is more 
plentiful than for many years. Feed is 
abundant and quails raised large broods. 
Deer and bear are numerous. 
We have few dogs that will run bear, . 
and as they are hunted but little they in- 
crease in a way that is surprising. 
I notice RECREATION has lots to say 
about guns and ammunition but very little 
about dogs. 
Without dogs any kind of land shooting 
loses at least 34 of its sport. 
Of course, every man thinks his own 
dog is the best, but I should like to say 
a word about what seems to be a-neglected 
breed, i. e., the once famous Chesapeake 


