RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1900, by G. O. Shields 



ii.oo A Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



23 West 24TH Street 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



New York 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



I Began Thrashing Him with an 8-0unce Fly Rod, 



Canoe and Camp in Nova Scotia 



Hunting and Prospecting in Idaho • Illustrated 



The Swarming of the Bees- Poem 



Thumping for Eass 



The Truthful Angler. Poem. Illustrated 



A California Idler. Poem 



A Florida Kid on a Camp Hunt 



Confidence. Poem 



A Fishing Foray 



Chased hy a Shark. Illustrated 



Fishin' Luck. Poem 



Locust Blossoms. Poem, 



The Shore Lark Illustrated 



Whip-poor-will. Poem 



Recreation. Poem • 



Raising Chinese Pheasants. Illustrated 



The Sportsman and Geology 



Market Gardening Under Ground. Illustrated 



Some Prominent New Members. Illustrated 



Fourth of July in Joshville. Poem 



From the Game Fields 33 



Fish and Fishkig ....... 41 



Guns and Ammunition 1. < • 45 



Natural History 5 1 



The League of American Sportsmen 56 



Entered as Second-Class Matter at 



Drawn by W. H. Lawrence Frontispiece 



, F. C. Stowell. 3 



Geo. F. Wright. 



Frank H. Sweet. 



A. M. Mann. 



F. Thompson. 



Ernest McGaffey. 



Charley Apopka. 



Rev. H. E._Frohock. 



A. Whisnart. 



, C. S. Handcock. 



J. D. La B. Van Schoonhoven 



W. H. Nelson. 



Edwin J. Haines. 



Geo. E. Winkler, 



Mary Sales. 



H. R Foster. 



, Kirby Thomas. 



N. Pomeroy, Jr. 



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.. A. L. Vermilya. 31 



Forestry — 61 



Pure and Impure Foods 64 



Book Notes • 67 



Editor's Corner 08 



Publisher's Notes 72 



Amateur Photography 77 



New York Post-Ofnce, Oct. 17, 1894. 



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STATEMENT * * * * 



The TRAVELERS 



INSURANCE COMPANY, of Hertford, Conn. 



Chartered 1863. (Stock.) Life, Accident and Employers 

 Liability Insurance. 



JAMES G. BATTERSON, President 



PAID-UP 

 CAPITAL 



$1,000,000.00 



JANUARY I, 1901. 

 Total Assets, $30,861,030.06 



(Accident Premiums in the hands of Agents not included.) 



TOTAL LIABILITIES (Including Reserves), 

 EXCESS SECURITY to Policy-holders, 



surplus, ..;:. 



Paid to Policy-holders since 1864, . 



Paid to Policy-holders in 1 900, 



Loaned to Policy-holders on Policies (Life), . . 



Life Insurance in Force, . . . . . 



GAINS FOR THE YEAR 1900 : 



IN ASSETS, . .• . . . ' . 



IN INSURANCE IN FORCE (Life Department Only), 

 INCREASE IN RESERVES (Both Departments), (3i# basis) 

 PREMIUMS COLLECTED, .... 



26,317,903.25 



$4,543,126.81 



3,543, J 26.81 



$42,643,384.92 



2,908,464.03 



1,586,652.20 



109,Z>19,851.00 



$3,167,819.96 

 8,685,297.06 

 2,484,392.52 

 6,890,888.55 



Sylvester C. Dunham, Vice-President 



John E. Morris, Secretary J. B. Lewis, M. D., Medical Director and Adjuster 



Edward V. Preston, Superintendent cf Agencies Hiram J. Messenger, Actuary 



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