RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1896, by G. O. Shields 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



tfi.oo a Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



19 West 24TH Street, 



New York. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Page 



Out walked old Baldy and passed within 10 feet of us, without raising his head." Frontispiece 



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Boston and Baldy. Illustrated Herb 



Three Great Apes— II. Illustrated Wm. T. Hornaday 



Finding a New Trout Stream F. R. Fouch 



Elliot Tolman Smith. Illustrated Pemigewassitt 



The Bandtail Pigeon, Columba fasciat a . Illustrated David Bruce 



Surly Bill. Illustrated T. R. Waite 



Be Glad You're Poor. Poem Geo. W. Stevens 



The American Goldeneye, Glaucionetta C. Americatia. Illustrated Allen Brooks 



How It Happened. Illustrated John Cuddihy 



The Indian Bison. Illustrated Wm. T. Hornaday 



Dewey at Manila. Poem ; W.H.Nelson 



Juvenile Philosophy. Poem. Illustrated E. A. Brininstool 



Uncle's Adventure John Boyd 



Running the Boise River on a Flat-boat. Illustrated F. R. Fouch 



On the Stream. Poem C. S. Reid 



Bird Life in Colorado David Bruce 



How I Lost My Hand J. B. Jennett 



From a Hunter's Note-Book Will G. Earle 



Yachting. Poem. Illustrated H.H.Richardson 



How to get Even with Dan'l Coyote Bill 



From the Game Fields 



Fish and Fishing 



Guns and Ammunition 



Natural History 



The League of American Sportsmen. 

 Canoeing , 



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Bicycling 



Editor's Corner 



Book Notices 



Publisher's Department. 

 Amateur Photography . . . 



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