RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1902, by G. O. Shields 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER page 



The Bulls Stood Still and Gave Me a Chance for Another Shot Frontispiece. 



Hunting Blue Bulls in India. Illustrated .. W. H. Fee 85 



Loon Notes and Queries. Illustrated Robert J. Sim 89 



The Giant Brown Bears of Alaska. Illustrated J. A. Loring 91 



Tarpon Fishing at Pass Christian. Illustrated M. Snowden 95 



A Tragedy. Poem " A. L. Vermilya 96 



An Interesting Summer Boarder. Illustrated J. H. Fisher, Jr. 97 



In the Woods with Rod and Camera F. W. Halsey, M.D. 100 



A Trip for Trout. Illustrated Dr. J. S. Emans 103 



Tenderfeet in the Grand Disoharge Robert Froth ingh am 107 



Wild Sheep in Captivity. Illustrated Harry E. Lee 112 



The Battle of the Prong Horns W. T. Heddon 113 



From the Game Fields 115 



Fish and Fishing 127 



Guns and Ammunition 131 



Natural History 139 



The League of American Sportsmen . . 143 



Forestry 147 



Pure and Impure Foods 149 



Publisher's Notes 151 



Editor's Corner 152 



Amateur Photography 156 



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