FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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of the swine are not satisfied until they suc- 

 ceed in running the number away out of 

 sight. 



Some of our sportsmen estimate the num- 

 ber of squirrels within a radius of 5 miles 

 at about 150, and you see at that rate of 

 slaughtering them it would take only 4 days 

 to exterminate them. 



It is not an uncommon thing for those 

 fellows to come in from a day's hunt with 

 40 to 50 quails. Some of the land owners 

 are coming to their senses and will not al- 

 low such raids to be made on their game at 

 any time, and the sooner all of them pro- 

 hibit such work the longer we shall have 

 game for decent sportsmen. 



You cannot hit these butchers too hard, 

 and if they should accidentally take the hint 

 and stop their greedy slaughter it would be a 

 lucky hit indeed. Geo. L. Lyne. 



A DECAPITATED RABBIT RAN 100 YARDS. 



Milford, November 6. — A question which has long had 

 fascination fer many people is the length of time life can 

 be apparently sustained in an animal after a fatal injury- 

 has been received. There was a partial answer to it near 

 this place yesterday. Engineer Ross was hunting and shot 

 a rabbit at close range, blowing its head entirely off. The 

 decapitation did not, however, interfere with the locomo- 

 tion of the rabbit, for it continued running and had gone 

 over one hundred yards before the dogs caught it. 



Phila. Times. 



If David should read that he would mod- 

 ify his famous speech and say, 



" What liars these newspaper men be." 



GAME NOTES. 



I consider Recreation the best work de- 

 voted to sport with rod and gun that I have 

 ever seen. Please place my name on your 

 list of subscribers, for which find $1 in- 

 closed. 



I hand you herewith a pamphlet contain- 

 ing an abstract of the Game Laws of this 

 Colony. While their provisions may not be 

 all that is desirable, yet their operation has 

 been found beneficial in preserving game. 

 The license fee for non-resident sportsmen 

 is $100. The Game Protection Society is 

 fully aware that this is too high. They en- 

 dorse the views of sportsmen who have vis- 

 ited us the past 2 seasons, from your city 

 and elsewhere, that the amount should be 

 reduced 50 per cent. The Society will 

 therefore endeavor to prevail upon our leg- 

 islators to amend the law in this respect, 

 during the coming session of the Legisla- 

 ture. Should such amendment be effected it 

 is believed more sportsmen will visit our 

 Island than ever before. 



Charles H. Emerson, 



Secretary of the Game Protection Society 

 of Newfoundland, St. Johns, N. F. 



I was much interested in June Recrea- 

 tion, with its pictures of Lake Chelan. I 

 went up the Methow and Twipsit to the sum- 

 mit overlooking " La Tete Chelan " in 1883. 

 We crossed the Columbia at Foster creek, 



by batteaux, took trail to the Okanagon and 

 went up as far as Loup-a-Loup creek. Then 

 by trail over the divide to the Methow, up 

 the Methow to and above the last salmon 

 fishery; then came down to nearly opposite 

 the mouth of the Chewalk. There we 

 crossed over to the Twipsit, up which we 

 trailed to its sources, took the Southern 

 branch and up that to the summit. There we 

 camped for 2 days enjoying the grand scen- 

 ery and looking down nearly 5,000 feet on 

 the emerald green mirror of Chelan. 

 Grizzlies, goats, and deer sign were plentiful, 

 while blue and Canada grouse were abun- 

 dant. The hoary marmot and white weasel 

 whistled and scrambled among the rocks. 

 Returning to our trail to the Methow we de- 

 scended to the Columbia, followed the right 

 bank to Chelan river and up that to the 

 foot of Lake Chelan. There we found a small 

 flat bottomed boat and started up the lake, 

 improvising a sail from pieces of shel- 

 ter tent. With this and rowing " La Tete 

 Chelan " was reached on the morning of the 

 third day. We secured 2 white goats and 

 saw many more. Saw Skieuton rock and the 

 paintings at the " Head " near the mouth 

 of " Sta-ha Keen " or Stickeen creek. This 

 name means cedar or canoewood creek. In 

 our day the only way of reaching Chelan 

 was by trail across the great plain of the 

 Columbia from Ritzville. 



U. S. Army, Fort Schuyler, N. Y. 



On December 27th, a party of 6, Walter 

 Robson, Fred. Lippman, Mr. Allen, Will 

 Eslinger, G. P. Hastings and I went to 

 Comings Switch, 150 miles East of here. 



The first day we found abundant deer and 

 turkey signs, but saw no game. The next 

 morning we tramped 8 miles to Currant 

 river. We reached it about 11 o'clock, and 

 after lunch Mr. Allen and Mr. Robson went 

 down the river while the rest of the party 

 went up the stream. We did not find any 

 large game, but had great sport shooting 

 squirrels. We frequently saw 6 to 8 on one 

 tree. On our return to camp we were de- 

 lighted to learn that Mr. Allen had killed 

 a 3 point buck. 



On the third day we divided, as usual; 

 some going in one direction and some an- 

 other. We had been out but a short time 

 when we heard the report of a Winchester. 

 We all started in the direction of the sound 

 and came upon Mr. Hasting sitting on the 

 bank of the river, smoking his pipe, while 

 across the stream, fully 250 yards away, lay 

 a dead buck. We loaded the buck in the 

 ^ boat and returned to camp. We enjoyed 5 

 days of solid comfort. 



F. M. Hamel, Springfield, Mo. 



I send you a photograph of several 

 mounted deer heads. I knew nothing of 

 taxidermy, but seeing the advertisement of 

 Fred. Kaempfer in Recreation, I sent for 

 the material required, and tested my ability 



