RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1901, by G. O. Shields 

 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



It.oo A Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



G. 



O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



23 West 24TH Street, 



New York 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



PAGE 



She Came and Sat Down in Front of My Shelf Frontispiece 



The Hunted Hunter. Illustrated J . \V. H ulse 249 



The Valley of Forgetfulness. Poem E. H. Butler 250 



Nesting Time. Illustrated Anna M. Matthews 251 



Whip-Poor- Will. Poem Imo L. Stout 257 



An Incident of Angling. Illustrated J- T. Hopkins 259 



In Exile. Poem. Warren A dams 261 



ABearinCamp W.F.Nichols 262 



A Southern Bear Hunt. Illustrated Frank Farner 263 



Hunting in Mexico. Illustrated Charles Wilmot 267 



Seeing the Old Century Out. Illustrated Sidney M. Logan 269 



Self Defence with the Revolver. Illustrated Jack Pattern 277 



Camping in Colorado D r. J . N. Hall 279 



The Man Behind the Gun. Poem C.L.Bailey 282 



From the Game Fields 283 



Fish and Fishing 291 



Guns and Ammunition 295 



Natural History 301 



The League of American Sportsman 305 



312 

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Forestry 



Pure and Impure Foods 



Book Notices 3*7 



Editor's Corner 3'8 



Publisher's Notes 3'9 



Amateur Photography 3 2 3 



Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post-Office, Oct. 17, 1894. 



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