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The next time, I noticed a brown bird 

 drop from a tree stump behind which the 

 francolin was calling, and not for a mo- 

 ment thinking that my bird, as I fondly 

 styled him in anticipation, had spied me 

 first, 1 advanced, only to find a deserted 

 nest. The little beggar was calling onthe 

 stump, and had been watching me all the 

 time, and dropping quietly to the ground, 

 had run down into the ravine below, where, 

 with his lady love, he probably chuckled 

 over the way he had done the clumsy biped. 



During the morning many blue rock 

 pigeons flew by me, but I let them pass, as 

 I was after the shy little francolin. 



I got only one bird, but I gained expe- 

 rience, and never again will I walk up to a 

 bush whence the merry call proceeds with- 

 out satisfying myself that the cunning 

 little francolin does not notice my approach 

 until it is too late to hide. Then its only 

 alternative is to get up with the whir-r 

 that is as music to a sportsman's ear. 



H. T. Davies. 



KEEP AN EYE ON BROWN. 



Hollidaysburg, Pa. 

 Editor Recreation : 



Yours received, enclosing a letter from 

 A. O. Brown, of Frugality, Pa., in which he 

 denies having violated the game laws. I 

 have no positive proof as to his guilt, but 

 that he is a gross violator of those laws I 

 have net the least doubt. My attention has 

 so often been called to his acts of lawless- 

 ness within the past year that I decided 

 to write to you, so you could investigate 

 the matter. 



A friend, who resides in Frugality, and 

 on whose word I can always rely, first told 

 me about Brown, and urged me to report 

 him to you. - My friend boards at Brown's 

 hotel, and says 'Brown repeatedly served 

 his guests with game, especially grouse, 

 both in the close and open season last year ; 

 that he often shot grouse in the nesting 

 season, and openly boasted of killing more 

 than 10 birds in one day. I do not give my 

 friend's name, lest it should result in his 

 having to leave Brown's hotel, which is the 

 only one in the town. A Hollidaysburg 

 sportsman spent 2 weeks last fall hunting 

 around Frugality. When he returned he 

 told me Brown was the worst game butcher 

 in Cambria county, and that his lawlessness 

 was the talk of the town in which he lived. 



A short time after writing you about 

 Mr. Brown I received a reply, saying you 

 had written him. My friend came here 

 a few days after on a short visit and said 

 Brown suddenly stopped hunting and serv- 

 ing game to his guests, and appeared much 

 worried about something. You wrote 

 Brown last fall, and it seems queer that 

 he should answer at this late date. Per- 



haps you wrote again. The tone of his let- 

 ter does not seem to show any indignation 

 on his part, and I think if he was falsely 

 accused he would have answered with more 

 spirit and promptness. I think it would 

 be well to have the L. A. S. warden of 

 Cambria county do a little detective work 

 at Frugality. It would no doubt show- 

 Brown up in his true light, and others 

 also. 



In that county, especially in the vicinity 

 of Frugality, little respect is shown for the 

 game laws. It is a rough, coal-mining 

 country, and the majority of the people are 

 foreigners, with no respect for any laws. 

 Sunday is the great hunting day there. 

 Then the woods swarm with pot hunters, 

 who seek to kill everything in sight, from 

 a bear to the smallest song bird. Few of 

 the people know anything about game laws, 

 and they hunt any time they wish, even in 

 the summer, when many grouse are shot 

 on the nest. The warden of that county 

 has plenty of work before him, and it is to 

 be hoped he will get down to it in earnest. 



Last fall Mr. William Gardener and I, 

 both members of the League, tried to have 

 the constables of this (Blair) county urged 

 to do their duty, under a new law which 

 requires them to act as fire and game ward- 

 ens. They have since been instructed by 

 the judge of the county to attend to those 

 duties. H. P. D. 



It is true Brown did not answer my first 

 letter, and I jacked him up again, as H. P. 

 D. suggests. One can read between the lines 

 of his statement to this effect : "I am not 

 guilty, but will never do it again if you 

 let me off this time." — Editor. 



MORE OREGON HOGS. 

 I hand^you herewith a clipping from the 

 Rustler, of Lakeview, Ore., by which you 

 see we have some swine in Oregon. The 

 good work of Recreation is fast changing 

 the sentiment of our people, but here are 

 some rooters that deserve branding. 



A. V. Oliver, La Grande, Ore. 



A camping party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. 

 W. D. Woodcock, their son, Jack, and daughters, 

 Maud and Jessie, Fred Ahlstrom and Andrew 

 Hammersley, returned from Honey Creek Satur- 

 day. They report having had a splendid time. 

 The men claimed to have bagged 3 deer and 18 

 antelope. Mr. Woodcock made the largest kill, 

 having 3 deer and 8 antelope to his credit, while 

 Fred Ahlstrom and Jack Woodcock got one '.ante- 

 lope each and Andy Hammersley 8. So far this 

 has been the most successful camping party yet ' 

 in the way of bagging game and fish. 



I wrote Woodcock and Hammersley lor 

 their version of the story, and the latter 

 answers as follows : 



Your letter of the 7th inquiring as 

 to my having killed 8 antelope is at 

 hand. I anticipate you have a roast in 



