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RECREATION. 



quit when they get enough, no matter how 

 much game may still be within reach. 

 Your number in the game hog pen is 881 

 and Bumgardner's is 882.— Editor, 



OUR SOUTHMOST CORNER. 



November 18th we left Miami in my 

 20-foot smack for a cruise among the Flori- 

 da Keys. Were out 6 weeks. We shot 

 plenty of ducks, plover and other birds, 

 caught turtles and fish, saw many white 

 herons and great flocks of white ibis. 



This vicinity is the haunt of the Ameri- 

 can crocodile; it is the only place in the 

 United States where he is found. I have 

 seen several large ones here. One, the 

 largest in existence, as far as known, was 

 captured alive by "Alligator Joe" last sum- 

 mer, and is now at his place on Little river. 

 It is 15 feet 6 inches in length. 



The chief difference between the 'gator 

 and the crocodile is the former has a broad 

 nose, while the latter has a sharp or point- 

 ed one, with a tusk on either side of the 

 lower jaw, extending straight up. The 

 crocodile also is of a greenish hue, while 

 the alligator is black or brown. 



Miami is the Southernmost railroad point 

 in the United States, and within 5 miles 

 of the famous Everglades. The glades, 

 as it is here known, is not, as commonly 

 supposed, a morass, so thick with tropical 

 growth as to be almost impenetrable. On 

 the contrary, it is a vast territory covered 

 with saw grass, growing in clear, flowing 

 water, 1 to 2 feet deep. Here and there are 

 small islands, on which the deer feed and 

 the Seminole Indians find a home. 



Any reader of Recreation wishing a 

 pleasant winter vacation can not do better 

 than start for Miami. 



Walter C. Fogg, Miami, Fla. 



CAMPING. 



The pleasure obtainable from a sojourn 

 under canvas in the woods depends on 

 the outfit carried, the location selected 

 and the adaptability of the campers. 

 Under proper conditions it is the most en- 

 joyable and health-giving of pastimes. 



The selection of the outfit depends, of 

 course, on the nature and duration of the 

 proposed trip. Plenty of clothing is es- 

 sential. Do not omit a selection of simple 

 medicines for common ailments, nor go off 

 without soap, towels and tooth brush. A 

 waterproof suit will add greatly to your 

 comfort. Take with you an ax, a lantern 

 and oil, matches, a few nails, compass, fish- 

 ing tackle, a rifle or shot gun with plenty of 

 ammunition, a. hunting knife, coffeepot, tin 

 pail, wire broiler, metal plates and cups, 

 knives, forks and spoons. With those and 



your blankets or sleeping bags you have all 

 that is really necessary. 



The tent should be large enough to hold 

 outfit, provisions and your party without 

 crowding. The quantity of food to be car- 

 ried depends on the game and fish resources 

 of the region you visit. I have found it 

 wise to take a liberal supply and rely as 

 little as possible on hunter's and angler's 

 luck. P. Noycar, Quebec, Can. 



CRITICISES CONDITIONS IN MAINE. 

 I am an interested reader of your most 

 excellent magazine, and heartily endorse 

 the principles on which it is based. After 

 reading the article on moose snaring, in 

 January Recreation, it seems to me one 

 can find violations of the game laws in his 

 own neighborhood ; perhaps not on so 

 large a scale, but wherever there is game, 

 some will always be illegally taken, regard- 

 less of the law. Last fall I spent a few 

 weeks in the vicinity of Moosehead lake. 

 The residents never went hungry for deer 

 meat. I saw one man in the woods with 

 his pack basket full of it ; yet, Mr. Carle- 

 ton, of the Maine Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion, rules that non-resident sportsmen 

 take home game in such quantities as to 

 make it necessary to assess them ; the pro- 

 ceeds to be devoted to watching the same 

 visiting sportsman, who pays his guide $2 

 to $4 a day, feeds him, and in all probabil- 

 ity buys supplies through him. The na- 

 tives live in peace and plenty. If all 

 brother sportsmen would use their influ- 

 ence in their own vicinity for the propa- 

 gation, and the preservation of all game, 

 the result would be surprising. 



Frank L. Palmer, Beverly, Mass. 



NEW GAME CARRIER. 

 723,179. — Game Carrier. Milton C. 

 Peters , Omaha, Neb. Filed May 5, 1902. 

 Serial No. 105,971. (No model.) 



Claim. — A game carrier comprising a 

 strand, a buckle arranged at each end of 

 said strand, each of the extremities of said 

 strand being curved to form an attaching 

 loop permanently connected to the buckle 

 thereat, said strand being coiled within the 

 buckles and around said attaching loops 

 when the carrier is adapted for use as a 

 belt, said buckles having a slidable ad- 



