RECREATION 



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

 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



5i.oo a Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



23 West 24TH Street, 



New York 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



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With a Snort He Shook These from His Head. Drawn by Karl Rungius — - Frontispiece 



Moose Hunting in Nova Scotia. Illustrated J. L. Devany. 167 



His Lordship. Poem Alma. 169 



Trouting in the Blue Ridge Country A. G. Robinson. 172 



The Log of the Kingfisher E. T. L. 175 



Will You Come? Poem. Illustrated C.L.Bailey. 177 



A Hot Corner on Indians — •• Dr. A. J. Woodcock. 179 



The Smile of Sunset. Poem M.W.Miner. 180 



Blue Fishing in a Thunderstorm E. M. Leete. 181 



In Potential Mood Belle G. Taylor. 182 



In the Teton Country Will Burr. 183 



L'Autum • 183 



Physician, Heal Thyself • A. Q. Donovan, M. D. 18s 



A Florida Kid on a Camp Hunt Charley Apopka. 187 



When the Bob Whites Call. Poem Maud Meredith. 188 



A Month in Oregon L. R. Isaacs. 189 



Night in Camp. Poem W. H. Nelson. 



An Adirondack Bear . ... Anthony Bassler, M. D. 



The Passing. Poem A. L. Vermilya. 



How a Sly Old Fox was Caught -•• Wm. Allen Bruce. 



Bess. Poem. Illustrated E. D. Hillman. 



Let Us Save the Birds Hon. John F. Lacey. 



From the Game Fields 199 



Fishand Fishing 209 



Guns and Ammunition 213 



Natural History 219 



The League of American Sportsmen 225 



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Forestry 231 



Pure and Impure Foods • 233 



Editor's Corner 235 



Publisher's Notes 238 



Amateur Photography 241 



Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post-Office, Oct. 17, 1894 



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