RECREATION 



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



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



J1.00 a Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



19 West 24.TH Street, 



New York. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



' ' Above the cover I saw the antlers of a large bull " Fronti 



A Mutual Surprise Geo. W. Rea 



Holidays on a Houseboat, I. Illustrated H. E. Bi;atty 



A New Game Country. Illustrated H. D Slater 



A Maine Moose Hunt Jos. W. Shurter 



The Ruddy Duck. {Erismatura rubida ) Illustrated Allan Brooks 



Sport in Newfoundland. Illustrated A.H.Seymour 



Angles. Illustrated .Chas. W. Berry 



Quail Shooting in South Florida. Illustrated C.H.Stokes 



The Fish-Hog's Dream. Poem C. C. Haskins 



Schley at Santiago. Poem W. H. Nelson 



Up Mount Katahdin F. S. Crabtree 



Fishing for 'Possum. Illustrated Elliot C. Brown 



The Forest. Poem Archer 



A Pettish Pet. Illustrated , O. F. O'Keefe 



A Winter Game Preserve. Illustrated Dr. Frank Dunham 



The Black Dog Plays Bear J. C. Nahtass 



Hunting Caribou in Newfoundland W. A. B. Sclater 



Snipe Shooting on the ' ' Eastern Shore " Norman Prentice 



Six Geese Before Breakfast J.J. Hunter 



The Passing of the Coot St. Earns 



From the Game Fields 



Fish and Fishing 



Guns and Ammunition 



Natural History 



The League of American Sportsmen 



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Editor's Corner 



Publisher's Department 



Book Notices 



Amateur Photography . 



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