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RECREA TION. 



seasons, ruffed grouse, ducks and geese are 

 numerous, while deer are found in gratify- 

 ing numbers and the sight of a bear is not 

 at all uncommon during the hunting sea- 

 son. Among the smaller animals may be 

 mentioned foxes, otters, squirrels and rab- 

 bits, which are to be found in the forests. 



The region is reached only by the capital 

 service provided by the Grand Trunk Rail- 

 way system and exhaustive descriptive mat- 

 ter, with maps and all information, can be 

 had by applying to any of their agents, or to 

 W. E. Davis, General Passenger and Ticket 

 Agent, Montreal. 



WHERE IT GOES. 



Chicago, 111. 



Editor Recreation: "This issue of 

 Recreation is 65,000." This statement is 

 in the July edition of that magazine. Few 

 of the thousands of Recreation's readers 

 realize the significance of these figures be- 

 yond their numerical value. Of course, 

 they understand the growth of this particu- 

 lar publication is phenomenal, and natu- 

 rally so because of its intrinsic value; but 

 few conceive the extent of its circulation — 

 the remote villages in the far West, where 

 its arrival is hailed with delight and its 

 contents devoured with avidity; the tiny, 

 isolated huts of the mountaineers, where 

 the magazine is awaited with impatient ex- 

 pectancy. It would have made your heart 

 stir with pride could you have seen the lit- 

 tle groups of Mexicans from the ranches of 

 Taos, New Mexico, collected about the 

 head ranchero as he gave a running transla- 

 tion of a copy of Recreation recently 

 received from the office. The pictures 

 were a source of deep interest to these 

 rough ranchers and many were the thanks 

 bestowed on me for giving them a few back 

 numbers I had taken with me. 



Probably the most isolated spot reached 

 by Recreation is Ojo Puerto, Arizona, 

 150 miles from a railroad. Last fall, while 

 prospecting in that region, I met an old 

 miner whose library consisted of a few 

 copies of Recreation and a copy of 

 Dana's " Manual of Mineralogy." He said 

 he had more use for his Recreations 

 than for the Manual, as a perusal of the 

 magazine reminded him of his days of 

 prosperity, when he had a cottage at one of 

 the Muskoka lakes, Canada, and spent his 

 time hunting and fishing. He was quite 

 successful in the adjoining diamond fields 

 and expected soon to return to civilization 

 and to become a more regular subscriber 

 to his " Bible," as he called Recreation. 



In my trips through Arizona, Utah and 

 New Mexico I saw several copies of Rec- 

 reation in isolated and almost inaccessible 

 places. The fortunate possessors had 

 nothing but praise for the magazine. 



In these remote regions Recreation 

 makes its appearance very irregularly, on 

 account of the meager and unreliable 



means of transportation; but uncertain 

 though it may be in reaching its destina- 

 tion, its beneficial effect on the game hogs 

 is absolutely certain. Where formerly the 

 indigines boasted of their great kills, now 

 they keep a significant silence and in many 

 instances refrain from killing more than 

 they can use. If the civilized (?) game 

 hogs would take the hint as readily as these 

 poor indigenes do, there would soon be 

 no swine left to roast. To the guilty these 

 lessons in Recreation are severe; but 

 they, too, soon join the great majority and 

 praise Recreation for its grand work. 

 May we soon read, " This issue of Rec- 

 reation is 250,000." G. F. Gebhardt. 



NOTES. 



D. T. Abercrombie & Co. make a camp 

 cooking outfit, of aluminum, that is a genu- 

 ine luxury for sportsmen, canoeists, sol- 

 diers and all classes of people who live 

 under canvas, even for short periods. 

 There are 4 separate sizes of these outfits, 

 numbered respectively 2, 4, 6, and 8. 



No. 2 consists of 24 pieces, weighs 6 

 pounds and is intended for 2 people. 



No. 4 consists of 43 pieces, weighs 10J/2 

 pounds and is intended for 4 people. 



No. 6 consists of 60 pieces, weighs 13^2 

 pounds and is intended for 6 people. 



No. 8 consists of 74 pieces, weighs 15^4 

 pounds and is intended for 8 people. 



Each outfit includes 2, 3, or 4 cooking 

 pots, a coffee pot, each with cover; fry 

 pans, a number of bowls, cups, plates, 

 knives, forks, spoons, etc., proportioned to 

 the size of the party for which the same is 

 intended. The other articles all nest into 

 the cooking pot, or camp kettle, in a mar- 

 velously compact form. The light weight 

 is also a surprise to anyone who is not 

 familiar with this new metal. The outfit 

 can be made for any number of people. 



Many of these sets were sold last year 

 and used by well-known sportsmen, who 

 speak of them in the highest terms. The 

 aluminum withstands the action of heat 

 admirably and the vessels are much more 

 easily cleaned and kept clean than either 

 sheet iron, granite ware or any other ma- 

 terial that has heretofore been put on the 

 market for this purpose. Camp cooking 

 and even dish washing becomes a genuine 

 pleasure when the cook and the dish washer 

 have this aluminum ware to wrestle with. 



It would be well for every person who is 

 planning a trip in the woods or on the 

 water, this year, to write D. T. Abercrom- 

 bie & Co., 36 South Street, for a circular 

 of these, aluminum outfits, and then to buy 

 one of them. 



Editor Recreation: I bought a can of 

 Borden's condensed coffee, which I saw 

 advertised in Recreation, and am delight- 

 ed with it. I know you are careful about 

 the character of the advertisements you 



