] FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



449 



Camp in this section for a prospector is 

 not an elaborate thing, usually consisting 

 of a fire, a bed of balsam and a blanket, 

 and consequently is easily made and easily 

 struck. 



I prospected a while that night and 

 made plans for the next day. Ordinarily 

 I am not nervous, but my illness had left 

 me in a deplorable condition. After a rest- 

 less night I got up early and went to a 

 creek some 10 rods from my camp. After 

 filling my tea pail I stooped and washed in 

 the creek. Then I picked up my pail and, 

 rubbing the water from my eyes, was about 

 to start for camp when just over a log, not 

 10 feet from me, I saw the largest black 

 bear it has ever been my good or bad for- 

 tune to meet, He looked to me as if 

 he stood 7 feet high, and the surprised ex- 

 pression on his countenance was certainly 

 curious to behold. I have often wondered 

 who was the worst scared, the bear or I. 



I had a 45-60 Winchester in Duluth and 

 a 2 quart pail full of water in my hand, so 

 I threw pail and water at his head, and I 

 think by the spluttering he made that it 

 struck him squarely on the nose. Then I 

 started for that Winchester, and on the 

 way picked up my blanket, skillet and pack- 

 sack. I caught the train all right, and it 

 was 2 weeks before I went back. 



Washita, Hopkins, Minn. 



position to be operated by the feet of the 

 swimmer, and detachable treadles thereof. 



A DRY SWIM. 



732,405. Swimming Apparatus. John J. 



Gallagher, Chicago, 111. Filed March 



13, 1903- Serial No. . 147,648. (No 



model.) 



Claim. — A swimming apparatus compris- 



ing a saddle and saddle bar, in combination 

 with a harness for attaching the saddle bar 

 to the body of the swimmer, a propellor- 

 wheel journaled at the end of the saddle 

 bar, means for driving the propellor, in 



FOR TIRED CAMPERS. 

 73 2 >755- Knockdown Cot. Johan Linden, 

 Peter Peirson and Charley E. Joseph- 

 san, Brooklyn, N. Y. Filed Dec. 17, 

 19, 1902. Serial No. 135,552. (No 

 model.) 



Claim. — 1. The combination with a cot 

 having an extension frame formed of 

 crossed standards and lazy tongs connect- 

 ing said standards ; of a slotted strip pivot- 

 ed to one of the standards, and a stud 

 on the adjacent standard engaging the slot 

 in said strip. 



2. The combination with a cot having an 

 extensible frame formed of crossed stand- 

 ards and lazy tongs connecting said stand- 

 ards ; of slotted strips pivoted to the lower 

 portions of the standards at one end of the 

 frame, and lugs on the upper portions of 

 said standards adapted to engage the slots 

 in the strips and thereby retard the move- 

 ment of the standards in relation to each 

 other, etc. 



SHOULD BE PENNED IN. 



It is reported that J. C. Matthews, of 

 Charlottesville, Va., killed 20 odd squirrels 

 in one half day. If this is true, why not 

 give him a number? 



E. W. B., University of Virginia. 



I investigated this report and received 

 the following letter: 



I killed and bagged 21 squirrels at 22 

 shots, but killed them in less than l /2 day. 

 I have bagged as many as 27 in $4 day. 

 At this season it is hard to find squirrels 

 between 10 in the morning and 3 in the 

 afternoon. They do not like hot weather. 

 They lie in shady places or go into their 

 nests and take their midday naps. 



J. C. Matthews, Charlottesville, Va. 



If there are many such brutes as you 

 roaming through the woods in your region 

 it would be hard to find squirrels there at 

 any time of day. It seems that most of the 

 men in that county who shoot at all are 

 decent men and quit when they get enough, 

 so thus far squirrels are plentiful; but 

 they will not continue so much longer if 

 even you are allowed to run at large. I 

 wish someone would give you a dose of 

 the medicine you are giving the squirrels. 

 Your number in the game hog book is 

 915.— Editor, 



