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running over the ground, or hopping up 

 among the low branches. Soon one ap- 

 peared in full sight on an old fence not 15 

 feet away. I watched her fully 10 minutes. 

 With a Stevens pocket rifle I could easily 

 have cut her head off; but a camera would 

 have been even better than the rifle. At 

 length I moved out in the field and lay down 

 out of sight. Then the scattered birds be- 

 gan calling to each other like chickens. 

 Those in the trees dropped to the ground; 

 the 2 that had flown away came sailing quiet- 

 ly back, and soon they were all reunited. I 

 came away empty-handed, but with a satis- 

 faction greater than if I had killed half the 

 flock. J. L. W., Cornish, Me. 



Jack Curry and I have just returned from a week's quail 

 shooting down in Tennessee. We found birds quite plenti- 

 ful. We bagged, one day, 120 over our Llewellin setters, 

 Dash, Florence, Gipsy, Kate Tyler and Nellie. They are 

 all grand field dogs and beauties. W. W. Storcer. 



Mt. Sterling, Ky. — Exchange. 



The friend who sends me the inclosed, 

 says: 



" Please give these swine a good roasting. 

 Disgrace them in the eyes of all true sports- 

 men, as all of their kind should be. I am a 

 staunch friend of Recreation, and if all 

 shooters and fishermen would read it and 

 abided by its teachings there would be 

 plenty of fish and game for all time to come." 



I pity the dogs that are forced to asso- 

 ciate with such miserable swine as these. If 

 they are " grand field dogs," as Storcer 

 says, they should belong to gentlemen. — 

 Editor. 



It was a beautiful night for a sail from 

 the main land to the Fire island shooting 

 grounds. We started at about 5.30 in Cap- 

 tain Jean's sloop, a 38-footer. Having a 

 fresh Westerly breeze we reached our an- 

 chorage, which was within 10 minutes' row 

 from the blind, at 8 o'clock. 



It was just beginning to make light when 

 we put our stool out and fixed in the blind. 

 We had been there but a few minutes when 

 a small flock of plover came over giving us 

 a beautiful shot. Then they flew thick. We 

 got all told, 11 plover, 7 yellow legs and a 

 number of oxeys and ringnecks. The sun 

 was pretty well up by the time we left the 

 blind, and on reaching the boat, a hungry 

 crowd, we were pleased to find that the cap- 

 tain's boy had a good hot breakfast all ready 

 for us. 



E. D. Lentilhou, New York City. 



We subscribe for 7 papers and magazines 

 but to none do we look forward with the 

 pleasure we do to the coming of Recrea- 

 tion. It is usually several days before my 

 wife will allow me to get hold of it; at least 

 not until she has devoured it, ads and all. 

 We unite in commending you for the stand 

 you have taken in regard to the game hogs; 



also the firm and yet gentlemanly manner in 

 which you deal with such insulting letters 

 as that from Geo. H. Webber, Dep. Col. 

 U. S. Customs. His letter in the Decem- 

 ber number made me almost regret that I 

 was a citizen of a country having such an 

 unworthy man in office. He has certainly 

 lowered himself in the estimation of every 

 true sportsman. It's the cur that's hit the 

 hardest that howls the loudest. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chas. G. Arnold, Chicago, 

 111. 



A SHAMELESS BEAST. 



A subscriber in Massilon, Ohio, sent me 

 a clipping from a paper published in that 

 city telling of a disgraceful record made by 

 a local game hog. I wrote him asking if 

 the report were correct and here is his^ reply: 



Massilon, O., December 4, 1898. 

 Editor Recreation: In regard to killing 

 those 175 quails in one day I will say that 

 it is a fact. They were killed 10 miles South 

 of Coshocton. Besides I have shot over 500 

 this season and expect to kill many more. 

 Yours, etc., 



Ray L. Markel. 



It is against the law to sell quails in Ohio. 

 What did Markel do with his 500? 



The attention of State Game Warden 

 Reutinger is called to Markel's brag. — 

 Editor. 



It is interesting to note the success hunt- 

 ers have met with in Northern Ontario, in- 

 cluding the Muskoka lakes, the Magnetawan 

 river, Georgian bay and Haliburton districts. 

 The open season for deer runs only from 

 November 1st to November 15th and in 

 these 2 weeks the Canadian Express Com- 

 pany alone carried 1,754 deer carcasses from 

 the regions mentioned. Chief Game War- 

 den Tinsley, of Toronto, predicted that the 

 6,000 sportsmen who went into these dis- 

 tricts would get one deer each, and this 

 prophecy has come true, judging from the 

 number of deer carried by one express com- 

 pany alone, and considering those used in 

 camp and shipped by other transportation 

 companies. — Toronto Globe. 



I want to thank you for recommending 

 George C. Jones, of Carritunk, Me., to me 

 as a guide. After corresponding with him I 

 went up there and I found him all that could 

 be desired, both as a guide and a gentleman. 

 You will do any one a favor to whom you 

 may recommend him. I got my moose the 

 second day out and he was a good one. His 

 horns spread 56J4 inches, he was 6 l / 2 feet 

 high at shoulders and weighed, with head 

 on, in Boston, 709 pounds. I also got 2 

 deer. The section around Carritunk is as 

 good as any for moose, and any one who 

 can travel a reasonable distance in a day, 

 would be almost sure to get a shot, with 

 Jones as a guide. R. W. Hill, Elyria, O. 



