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RECREA TION. 



may be sought for and boxed for because of 

 her antiquity. 



After the flock is so paired, if any are 

 left of either sex, they tag about after the 

 last wedded pair, as mourners of the un- 

 happy marriage. I once thought such a 

 mode of securing wives would lead to dis- 

 agreement and divorce: yet. strange to say, 

 they live in perfect harmony. I have 

 watched them when the young were just 



hatched, as they rejoiced together with 

 bended necks stretched out over their little 

 brood. I have admired singing birds in 

 early spring, and rejoiced to see young deer 

 in their native wild; yet never has my ad- 

 miration been so aroused as when I have 

 watched these infant flocks led by their 

 parents floating gracefully about the surface 

 of the lake as if moved by some mysterious- 

 power beneath the waves. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY DR. R. T. MORRIS. 



LOONS OX A LABRADOR LAKE. 



Boy! — gun ! 

 Joy! — fun ! 

 Gun bust, 

 Boy — dust. 



