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I heartily endorse your position against 

 hoggishness ; but think it a mistake to name 

 any number of birds or animals as a reason- 

 able bag for all localities. Our sports- 

 men here, who deserve the name, would 

 consider 6 grouse or rabbits too many; 

 while where game is more plentiful, this 

 number would be a small bag. Despite the 

 persistent hunting and fishing here, game 

 does not appear to be decreasing. Ruffed 

 grouse are our only game birds worth men- 

 tioning. They are still found in fair num- 

 bers. But few rabbits were killed last sea- 

 son, though they were more abundant than 

 usual. 



As we are near the top of the Allegheny 

 mountains, our fishing is confined to small 

 streams. While our trout are neither abun- 

 dant nor large, they still afford sport for 

 those who enjoy it. On days when fish bite 

 freely, our hogs get in their work, some- 

 times taking ioo in a few hours. 



J. M. Noel, Lilly, Pa. 



By cable from Madrid, an incident of the 

 peculiar climatic conditions of Colorado 

 desert is just reported. Some packers with 

 their train of " burros " were conveying a 

 lot of corn in sacks to an outlying camp of 

 " Yankee Pigs " across the desert. The 

 heat was so intense that the corn burst the 

 sacks, and commencing to pop rapidly, 

 "blew all over the party. Supposing it to be 

 a snow storm, several of the party were 

 frozen to death before the true cause of the 

 disaster was discovered. Documentary evi- 

 dence of the accident has not yet material- 

 ized — but coming as it does through Span- 

 ish sources we have not the temerity to dis- 

 pute its authenticity. 



Don't forget that $2 will buy a copy of 

 that beautiful book, " Bird Neighbors " 

 and a yearly subscription to Recreation. 



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