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in a few days. The Indians and their wives 

 gather it in canoes. The squaw sits in the 

 stern, with 2 sticks about 3 feet long, and 

 threshes the rice into the canoe, while the 

 Indian paddles through the rice. In this 

 way they fetch it to me every evening. 



C. M. Gilchrist, Port Hope, Ont. 



While we were down on Kisseune island 

 a brother of one of the guides invited us to 

 go ducking with him. We couldn't accept, 

 so he went alone. He found the ducks feed- 

 ing and killed 16 mallards at one shot. An- 

 other hog stood in his tracks and killed 5 

 deer in half an hour, and he was congratu- 

 lated on his success. 



J. Lloyd, Winter Haven, Ra. 



I am out here for a few weeks, having a 

 grand time with my 2 Llewellin setters. 

 They are Joe Dandies and we are making it 

 lively for the quail and prairie chickens, 

 which are more plentiful this season than 

 for several years. 



Harry E. Lee, Hutchinson, Kans. 



Replying to yours of the 24th ulto., it is 

 true that M. W. Trask and I did, in 8 days 

 shooting kill 400 ducks. We were gone 

 from here just 10 days. Our shooting 

 grounds are at Red Rock lake, near the 

 National Park. 



Frank Conley, Dear Lodge, Mont. 



At least twice as many as you should have 

 killed. — Editor. , 



I saw, in the Atlanta, Ga., Constitution, 

 an account of the slaughter of nearly 3,000 

 doves, by one party in one day. I wish I 

 knew the names of the guilty persons, so 

 you could place them on your game hog 

 list. 



Quail shooting is the principal sport in 

 this part of Georgia. Birds are fairly plenti- 

 ful Frank F. Rodgers, Griffen, Ga. 



"Mrs. Jim Cook, who is quite a hunter and a good shot, 

 recently ran into a big lot of wild turkeys. It being out of 

 season, she refused to kill, although promised she should 

 pay no fines." — Huntingdon, Pa., Globe. 



Here is a woman who should be the wife 

 of a true sportsman and if she were not al- 

 ready a " Mrs." she would get a bushel of 

 love letters from readers of Recreation 

 within a week. — Editor. 



"Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Seton Thompson 

 "have returned from their annual sketching 

 tour to the still wild West. On this trip 

 they visited the Jackson's Hole country, and 

 finished their work on the Gray Bull river. 

 East of the Park, on the ranch of Mr. A. A. 

 Anderson, where big game is very abundant 

 - — because it is rigidly protected. 



We have the festive game hog here, too. 

 Last Saturday one of them went hunting, 



fired 4 shots, killed 27 quails, and then 

 boasted of it. His name is James Cummins. 

 \Y. T. Huntley, Orwell, O. 



His picture will be found in the hog pen 

 illustrated on page xxvii. of this issue. 



Ducks and quails were fairly plentiful in 

 this vicinity last season. Scarcity of water 

 is driving the ducks farther away from our 

 locality. Rabbits are so numerous as to 

 be a pest. Farmers are anxious to have 

 them killed on account of the damage they 

 do to fruit trees. 



A. W. Bitting, Wichita, Kan. 



One day last winter a young man of my 

 neighborhood went out and killed 22 rab- 

 bits. I think he ought to be called a game 

 hog. Otis Tunderbuck, Glenarm, 111. 



I second the motion. — Editor. 



In Northern Michigan, the season of '97, 

 we had the luck to get 4 deer. Our camp 

 was 20 miles Southwest of Marquette, where 

 deer are plentiful. Another crowd got 14 

 deer in about 2 weeks. 



Frank D. Black, Hastings, Mich. 



There is no big game here; but there are 

 prairie hens, ducks, rabbits and foxes. 

 There are, too, a great many game hogs. 

 One hunter on a marsh near by got an aver- 

 age of 50 ducks a day last season. 



Geo. Sullivan, Putney, S. D. 



The hunting this season is unusually good 

 around here. Chinese pheasants are plenti- 

 ful, while grouse and quails have hatched 

 well. E. A. McCormack, Eugene, Ore. 



There are a few quails, chickens and squir- 

 rels here. If the game laws were enforced 

 there would be a great many more. 



3*1. E. Daniels, Kendallville, Va. 



Keep on roasting the hogs. When one 

 squeals I am always pleased for I know the 

 coat fits or he wouldn't put it on. 



S. E. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Quails are not plentiful here, but squirrels 

 are numerous. 



W. F. Beck, Paris, Texas. 



" Wild Animals I have Known " is the 

 title of Ernest Seton Thompson's latest and 

 greatest book. Publisher's price, $2. With 

 Recreation one year, $2. This applies to 

 renewals as well as to new subscribers. 



Please don't let my ad appear again. I 

 sold the gun 2 months ago and am still get- 

 ting letters about it. Have received 126 

 already. 



A. S. Boothly, Saco. Me. 



