RECREATION 



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



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



ji.oo a Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



19 West 24.TH Street, 



New York- 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



' ' I handed Luman the rifle and told him to shoot the cat between the eyes. ' ' 



Frontispiece by Ernest Seton Thompson 



A Wildcat Hunt in the Foot Hills Dr. A. J. Woodcock 



A Legend of the Laurentides Joseph W. Howe 



Richardson's Grouse. Illustrated Allan Brooks 



Our Venomous Snakes Dr. M. G. Ellzey 



Asleep on the Field of Fame. Poem W.H.Nelson 



The Associated Pirates E. T. Keyser 



Big Game in Virginia G. G. Barkman 



Fox-Hunting, from the Farmer's Standpoint Percy Selous 



The Sword of David Clarke. Poem F. C. Clarke 



An Historical Autograph Album Mrs. Ira Dodge 



When the Splash is on. Poem G. A. Warburton 



The School Boy's Soliloquy. Poem E. G. Schell 



Shooting the Rapids of the Quinault. Illustrated F.J. Church 



Through Georgian Bay J. D. Joslin 



A Day with the Swans Thos. G. Farrel 



From the Game Fields 195 



Fish and Fishing 206 



Guns and Ammunition 212 



Natural History 222 



The League of American Sportsmen 228 



Editor's Corner 



Canoeing 



Publisher's Department 

 Amateur Photography . . . 



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