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Several deer have been seen here recent- 
Ixy and rabbits, quails, ruffed grouse, 
woodcock and plover are plentiful. This 
section is seldom visited by sportsmen 
and few of the farmers shoot; so good 
shooting can be had in season. 
Robert L. Wood, North Barnstead, N. H. 

HE GOT A BITE. 
I like your fish stories very much, al- 
though some of your correspondents tell 
pretty tall stories which they should not 
do, even about fishing. 
What would be good for a sore arm 
that was bitten by a fish? 
More than a year ago I went fishing 
out on Shiloh, which, by the way, is a 
mighty fine bass hole. While washing 
some frog legs in the creek, near the 
roots of an elm tree, I was attacked, 
caught, bitten, or whatever you may call 
it, by an 8% pound bass, which made a 
jump at the frog legs, taking with them 
my hand and arm up nearly to my shoul- 
der. JI ran to the tent, dragging the fish 
with me, and the boys succeeded in tak- 
ing him off from me; but the result has 
been a series of unpleasant wounds which 
will not heal. 
Now, are fish bites more poisonous than 
other bites, and what would you do if you 
were I? 
Arch Davenport, Ft. Scott, Kan. 

ADMIT THEIR GUILT. 
A good bit of fishing was done this week by De uties 
McDonald, Witherow, Gillett and Patterson, and Charlie 
Hanck and Joe Love. They went out Monday morning 
and returned Tuesday afternoon. In the 2 part days 
they landed 305 trout, and not one in the lot was under 8 
inches.—Marquette, Mich., paper. 
In answer to your question as to wheth- 
er we caught 305 trout, it is true. We went 
out one morning, drove 22 miles, fished 
in the afternoon, and camped over night. 
Fished again in the morning, and left 
for home at noon. They did not all weigh 
a pound, nor any of them, in fact; but 
were all nice brook trout, the best kind 
for eating. 
Charles J. Hanck, Marquette, Mich. 
You caught at least twice as many as 
you should. If you had quit when you 
got enough and left the others for your 
neighbors they would have thought a 
great deal more of you, and would not 
have asked me to roast you, as several 
of them have. EDITOR. 
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FISH NOTES. 
In the case of the state of Iowa ys. Beardsley, from 
the Mahaska district, the supreme court has just de- 
cided that no dam could be built across a river in Iowa 
to prevent the free passage of fish up and down the 
RECREATION. 
stream, and in this particular case the defendant was 
ordered to put in a fish way in his dam across Skunk 
river, as provided by law. 
This is a very important case and affects every 
water power in the state not provided with fish ways. 
The case was appealed by Commissioner Delevan in 
1895 and a decision was only reached last week, the 
opinion being given by Judge Granger. Mr. Delevan 
now hopes to have Bonaparte dam, near the mouth of 
the Des Moines river, provided with a fish way.— 
Boone, Iowa, paper. 

In the summer of 1898 I was out for 6 
weeks in the Cascade mountains with E. 
E. Cleaver. We camped around Davis 
lake, Crescent lake and Summit lake, and 
found them ideal. The trout range from a 
few ounces to 4 pounds, are pure silver in 
color and the gamiest species I ever cast 
a fly over. They also take the spoon well. 
H. S$. Garfield, Pendleton, Oreg. 

Last September Fred. R. Emerick, pro- 
prietor of the New Mackinac hotel, at 
Mackinac island, caught a small-mouth 
black bass in Brevoort lake, which 
weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces. Will you 
kindly let us know whether this has ever 
been exceeded? We have an idea this is a 
record breaker. 
Des) Cincinnati, Ohio; 
Does anyone know of a larger? 
EDITOR. 

We have some good fishing here—bass, 
pickerel, sun fish and trout. I planted this 
year 50,000 lake trout and 20,000 rainbow 
trout. ; 
Henry Belinger, Superior, Wis. 

Black bass are plentiful in the Iowa 
river. I fished at Alden, Iowa, 2 weeks 
last season. 
Charles Griffey, New Sharon, Ia. 

On May 30th John England caught a 
muskalonge weighing 30 pounds, at Ne- 
makgon lake. 
W. B., Cable, Wis. 

“You big, dog-gasted duffer,” cried the 
star center-fielder. “Did you say I was 
out?” . 
“Precisely,” replied the umpire. “You 
are just $25 out.” And he carefully noted 
the fine in his little book.—Philadelphia 
North American. 

Have you a friend anywhere in the woods, 
in the mountains or on the farm, who longs 
for something to read in the long winter 
evenings, or in the long summer days? 
Send him RECREATION. It will please hima 
whole year and he will rise up and call you 
blessed, And it only costs you $1, 

