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boy, or to some prowling eat. So, I de- 

 cided not to expose the bird to these dan- 

 gers. 



It happened that I was starting that 

 morning for the Mashipacong club, 98 

 miles from New York, in the mountains of 

 northern New Jersey. I placed the little 

 stranger in a pasteboard box, wrapped him 

 up, cut some holes in the box, so as to give 

 him plenty of air and took him with me. 

 I watched for a chance to liberate him 

 along the way, but the Erie flyer, on which 

 I traveled, made only 2 stops between here 

 and Port Jervis. These were in Paterson 

 and Middletown. I did not feel safe in 

 throwing the bird from the car window, 

 as the train sped ; so I took him with me 

 into the buggy when leaving Port Jervis. 



Arriving at the club house I went to the 

 edge of the woods, opened the box and 

 turned the bird out on the ground. By 

 this time he seemed to have become thor- 

 oughly tame, and set there with his eyes 

 half closed, to exclude the bright sun 

 light. After waiting a minute for him to 

 move, I picked him up, tossed him into the 

 air and he sailed away over the tree tops. 



By this time he is doubtless eating flies 

 and mosquitos in South Carolina, or in 

 Georgia, or possibly in Florida, and I trust 

 he may never meet a worse fate anywhere 

 than when he called at the office of Rec- 

 reation. 



Summons and complaint were served 

 last week on Bootman & Robinson, as 

 owners of the Arctic Freezing Co., in- 

 volving about \ x /x millions of dollars. They 

 have not made answer, but I understand 

 they have employed Guggenheimer, Unter- 

 myer & Marshall to defend them. We 

 expect during the proceedings to develop 

 who the real owners are, and proceed 

 against them. Black, Gruber, Olcott & 

 Bonye are attorneys for the State. 



J. E. Overton, New York City. 



The Arctic Freezing Co. undoubtedly 

 had to put up a retainer fee of at least 

 $1,000 to get Guggenheimer, Untermyer 

 & Marshall to take their case, and possibly 

 a much larger one than this. It is not 

 likely this firm would undertake to try a 

 case and carry it through to a finish on a 

 fee of less than $5,000. and it is likely to 

 run up to $20,000. So the lesson this 

 freezing company is now learning will be 

 an expensive one in any event ; and I 

 hope, as I have said before, to see these 

 people broken up in business. — Editor. 



of his elk escaped from 'the park some 

 days ago and that it was promptly killed 

 by some game hog near Tupper lake. 

 The skin and saddle were taken and the 

 rest of the carcass was left to rot. 



Here is another pointer for the good 

 people who are endeavoring to stock the 

 Adirondack country with moose and elk. 

 As I have before predicted, every elk and 

 every moose that may be turned out in 

 that country will be killed within 6 

 months, and more likely within 60 days, 

 after being, released. 



Dr. David S. Jordan, President of Stan- 

 ford University, and Dr.* Barton W. Ever- 

 mann, ichthyologist of the United States 

 Fish Commission, who spent the summer 

 in the Hawaiian Islands, returned to the 

 United States in August last. They were 

 sent to the islands by the Government to 

 investigate their fishes and other aquatic 

 resources. 



The investigations proved eminently suc- 

 cessful. The fishery methods, laws and 

 statistics were carefully studied, and large 

 and important collections of the fishes were 

 made. Over 300 species were obtained, 

 among which are many species new to 

 science. 



The other members of the party returned 

 in September, except Messrs. L. E. Golds- 

 borough and George Sindo, who will go 

 to Paga Pago in the Samoan Islands to 

 make a collection of the fishes found there. 



Doctors Jordan and Evermann will soon 

 submit a preliminary report to the Com- 

 missioner of Fish and Fisheries. The final 

 report will not be made until more deep- 

 sea work has been done about the islands. 



I want to congratulate you on the signal 

 success which you have attained with your 

 brilliant magazine. It is no attempt at 

 flattery when I tell you that next to my 

 rods and guns I have no more highly 

 prized treasures within my den than the 

 rows of copies of Recreation in my book- 

 case. The oldest copy bears the date July, 

 1896, but neither that nor the others have 

 yet grown stale or threadbare. 



Keep up your successful battle against 

 the game and fish hogs, for you certainly 

 have all fair minded and honest sports- 

 men on your side. 



C. J. Davis, Chicago, 111. 



Mr. Edward H. Litchfield, of 59 Wall 

 street. New York, who owns a large game 

 park in the Adirondacks, enclosed with 

 an 8-foot wire fence, writes me that one 



Have you read the announcement of my 

 6th annual photo competition? If not, you 

 should do so at once. See first page of 

 photo denartment in this issue of Recre- 

 ation. Study carefully the quality and 

 value of - prizes. Is there not something 

 in the list you want? If so, go for it. 



