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houses here in Manila was opened, a boa 
14 feet long crawled from under the stairs 
near the door and was killed by the Chinos 
and Filipinos working in the warehouse. Its 
only desire seemed to be to escape, and it 
did not show fight. It must have crawled 
through a rear window from the canal that 
runs a few feet back of the warehouse. 
While in the mountains we often heard 
the cry of a large bird similar to the buz- 
zard of our Western plains. Its discordant 
WHO LOST IT? 
Herewith I enclose photo of a freak of 
nature, known as the Devil’s Chimney, 
which it well suggests. While going 
through the farming district of Green coun- 
ty, Wisconsin, a few miles north of New 
Glarus, one of the company sighted some- 
thing in the distance towering above the 
treetops, and after driving almost a full 

AMATEUR PHOTO BY WALTER WOHLWEND. 
THE DEVIL’S CHIMNEY, GREEN COUNTY, WIS. 
hour we came face to face with the 
object, as shown in the photograph. It 
proved to be a pile of solid rock reaching 
the height of about 45 feet. It is the only 
rock of any size for miles around. 
Have been reading Recreation for the 
last 2 years, and would not be without it. 
I enjoy your slashings of the game hogs. 
Give it to ‘em! 
Walter Wohlwend, Brackenridge, Pa. 
RECREATION. 
notes can be heard more than a mile. Crows 
can be seen at all times of the day. 
In my travels in the islands I have never 
seen any members of the squirrel or rabbit 
family. I should like to see squirrels in- 
troduced here; they would never become the 
pest that the rabbit has proved in countries 
foreign to it. 
The English sparrow is here, but does 
not multiply as in the States, and its pres- 
ence is more pleasant than otherwise, as 
there is a dearth of birds in the islands. 
A VALIANT WOODCHUCK. 
A few days ago my wife and I, with a 
friend, took a stroll through the woods 
near here. My wife is a Kodak enthusiast. 
One of my friends took his Llewellyn with 
him, and my wife, who had been on the 
lookout for desirable views, suddenly dis- 
covered the dog engaged in a combat with 
a half grown woodchuck. The sight was 

PREPARING FOR A RUSH. 
worth seeing. The little chuck was the 
scrappiest thing of its size I ever saw. 
There were a number of mixups but the 
little fellow came out unscathed every time. 
My wife caught him as he was preparing 
for one of his rushes at the dog and I 
thought you might deem the picture worth 
a place in REcREATION. Out of regard for 
the valor of the little chuck, we called the 
dog off and left Chuckie master of the situ- 
ation. 
S. M. Keenan, Eloise, Mich. - 
She—The milliner told me she had been 
down to the dentist’s to have a. nerve 
killed. 
He—Well, from the prices she asks for 
hats I should say the dentist must have 
killed the wrong one.—Stray Stories. 
Invitation is the sincerest flattery. 
