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point to point, with a spread of 53 inches ; 

 African cattle horns 7 feet 3 inches ; Ro- 

 man cattle horns 8 feet 3 inches ; Hunga- 

 rian cattle horns 9 feet 10 inches ; Texas 

 cattle horns 8 feet 8 inches ; rhinoceros 

 horns 27 inches long, weighing g l / 2 pounds ; 

 double rhinoceros horns weighing 11 

 pounds ; a mastodon tusk weighing 102 

 pounds, 9 feet long and 18 inches around, 

 perfectly sound ; African elephant tusk 53 

 inches long, weighs 13 pounds ; walrus tusk 

 34 inches long, weighs 7 pounds ; hippopo- 

 tamus tusks 2 feet long; narwhal tusks 6 

 feet long; 3-foot sword of swordfish ; 5-foot 

 saw of sawfish ; the smallest deer antlers in 

 the world, one inch long and 15-16 thick, 

 14 inch long and 9-16 thick, % inch long 

 and 3-16 inch thick ; specimens of American 

 buffalo and bison, Indian, African and 

 Asiatic buffalo; 5 elk; one extinct Irish elk; 

 9 caribou; 50 varieties of deer, from many- 

 countries ; many freak horns and antlers ; 

 locked deer antlers ; ibex of Arabia, Abys- 

 sinia, India and Switzerland ; 30 kinds of 

 African, European and American antelope ; 

 African wart hog, with tusks 17 inches 

 long: making 170 pieces, which form an 

 unusual private collection open to the 

 public. 



Dr. W. W. Palmer, Davenport, Iowa. 



DUCK CALLS. 

 For the information of Mr. H. E. Scott, 

 of Columbia, S. C, I want to state through 

 your valuable magazine that he has a bet- 

 ter duck call than any he can buy. This 

 call consists of his lips and his right hand. 



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blow through the hand in this position" 

 will not make a noise like the quacking 

 of a duck. I was not the inventor of this 

 call, and make no charge for giving in- 

 structions. All I ask is that Mr. Scott will 

 be a patient student, and after a fair and 

 unbiased trial write me of his success. 



W. A. James, Pennington, Wis. 



In reply to H. E. Scott, in Recreation, 

 as to where to get duck calls, I advise him 

 to make his own out of 2 pieces of hard 

 wood. Either cut or burn a small hole 

 down the center and bevel off the ends. 

 Then place in the center a piece of mica 

 like that used in stoves. Wrap the end 

 of the wood around tightly with string or 

 wire. The mica makes a much more nat^, 

 ural tone than brass does. It would look 

 like this. Make two or three and pick out 

 the best. Make it about "5 inches long, 

 ZVa inches in diameter, inside hole % inch 

 in diameter. The dotted lines represent 

 the shape of inside hole. 



John Bownon, Hamilton, Ontario. 



GAME NOTES. 



Atlantic City, Jan. 22. — [Special.] — Captain Samuel 

 Gale, the well known yachtsman, with a party, re- 

 turned to the Inlet last night, after a week's gunning 

 trip nearTuckerton, Ocean county, and reports quite 

 an eventful trip. The party were out one night in a 

 small boat after ducks when they were swooped down 

 upon by a posse of game wardens and arrested for 

 violating the game laws by burning a light on the prow 

 of the boat to attract the ducks. The party were kept 

 prisoners on Captain Gale's yacht all night, and the 

 next day were taken to Tuckerton and fined $20 each. 

 —New Jersey paper. 



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A PRACTICAL DUCK CALL. 





Form a circular opening with the first 

 finger and thumb by closing the first fin- 

 ger and coiling the thumb around it. Close 

 the other 3 fingers partially, leaving a hol- 

 low opening in the hand. Press the lips 

 tightly to the circular opening formed by 

 the first finger and thumb and blow with 

 a sputtering of the lips. The noise you 

 make the first time you try the experi- 

 ment will probably frighten you, and your 

 wife may order you out of the house; but 

 do not be discouraged. If you continue 

 to practise until you find just the proper 

 position for the fingers and the correct 

 formation of the lips, you will make a duck 

 call of yourself that will beat any metal 

 call ever made. The experimenter must 

 make the "quacks" himself by sudden 

 spurts or splutters of the lips. A steady 



I wish that same posse ot game ward- 

 ens long life, health and prosperity. I 

 also wish they could be everywhere at once 

 in order to round up the thousands of 

 men who are slaughtering game after the 

 style of Samuel Gale. — Editor. 



All winter there has been a huddle ot 11 auails 

 in a clump of bushes on the Wect Side river bank, 

 opposite the residence of W. L. Conyngham. On Sun- 

 day a local sportsman went over and found one sound 

 bird, one dead one and one with a broken wing. Some 

 miscreant had been there and killed the others. The 

 Luzerne County Sportsmen's Club offers $50 reward for 

 information that will lead to his arrest.— Wyoming, 

 Pa., paper. 



If you get him let me know, so I may 

 brand him. 



Furthermore, I will gladly add $5 to the 

 sum offered as a reward for the capture of 

 the shoat.— Editor. 



