FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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mountain sides. I can answer only in the 

 words of the doctor — "a perfect paradise." 



This hotel, a palace in the woods, of 

 rustic build, ol great comfort and capable 

 of sheltering ioo guests, stands on the edge 

 of Lake Duane, about 6 or 7 rods from the 

 staircase which leads to the dock, where 

 many a merry party has taken boat for a 

 row about or through the lake. Lake 

 Duane is over a mile in length, and of vary- 

 ing width, from l / 2 to Y\ of a mile. Jut- 

 ting points of great beauty break the shore 

 line, and many available points for camping 

 are found along the borders of this gem 

 of the Adirondacks. One desirable thing 

 is found here, safety in boating. The lake 

 is so shielded from high winds that the sur- 

 face is never roughened by squall or storm, 

 making it the safest rowing to be found 

 anywhere. 



Fine fishing is afforded in the waters of 

 Lake Duane. Brook and rainbow trout 

 abound, and it is no unusual occurrence to 

 bring in a 4-round trout. Sometimes even 

 heavier ones are shown at the close of a 

 morning or afternoon trip through the lake, 

 and 1 and 2-pound trout and even heavier 

 are frequently taken. 



Within easy reach are other waters which 

 afford good fishing, and a delightful day's 

 excursion will take one to Lake Francis, 

 Spring Pond (a piece of water of subter- 

 ranean source of supply — the bubbling 

 springs in the bottom being plainlv seen) 

 the Twin ponds, and Little Salmon river. 

 He must be a poor angler who returns 

 without a goodly string of trout. 



Deer are numerous in the surrounding 

 country, and the mountains afford good 

 grouse shooting in season. 



Delightful walks abound in every direc- 

 tion, and the trails are clearly defined and 

 easily followed. The house is most excel- 

 lently kept. The table is first class and 

 every attention is given the guests. 



Space will r permit me to list all the 

 advantages of the Ayers. Many guests ap- 

 preciating them come here year after year, 

 and I desire to let your readers know of 

 this homelike hotel in the woods, where we 

 as a family have come for so many years 

 and never gone away dissatisfied. I alwavs 

 feel I am coming home every year as I re- 

 turn for health and recreation. 



Henry T. Gray. 



CAMP COOKING. 

 • A few suggestions for F. E. Wilson: 

 Here comes a man to the front with a new 

 and bright idea for the pages of Recrea- 

 tion and to cheer the stomachs of sports- 

 men everywhere. A certain writer claims 

 that the small boy who interrupted a de- 

 scription of Heaven to ask, "Do they al- 

 ways have a good cook there?" "had his 

 finger on the foundation stone of human 



happiness." I don't pose as a good cook, 

 or even one of 26. rate, for, as the old dar- 

 ky said, 



" Cookin' like religion is — 

 Some's Mected, an' some ain't, 

 An' rules don't no more mek a cook 

 Den sermons mek a saint." 



I have, however, had some experience. 

 Here is a dish of mush, or porridge, which 

 some might like, if they were hungry. In- 

 to Y-2. pint of corn meal stir about y 2 table- 

 spoonful of salt when both are dry. Soak 

 in cold water long enough to wet the mix- 

 ture through. Next stir it into boiling 

 water, one quart to 3 pints for every y 2 

 pint of meal. Stir constantly 5 to 10 min- 

 utes, and then remove it. It can be made 

 better by putting in butter, sugar or rai- 

 sins, or all 3. 



A brown gravy may be made by brown- 

 ing some white flour in a pan over the fire, 

 putting in salt and pepper, wetting it 

 through with cold water, and boiling it a 

 few minutes with lard and water in "the 

 right proportions. It is also useful in 

 soups. Even if your meat is used up, and 

 the boiling juice from it is nothing but 

 water, put in some lard, butter, or fat of 

 some sort, flavor with salt and pepper, and 

 stir in flour, previously stirred to a paste 

 in cold water. Be sure to always wet flour 

 or cornstarch in cold water first or it will 

 lump in the hot water, and you will have 

 balls to shoot from your Winchester, Sav- 

 age or smooth bore, but no gravy. It is 

 certainly better to let the old army musket 

 swallow them than you. If the gravy be 

 made right, you can make a meal from 

 it with a little bread, toast or crackers, and 

 leave the innocent grouse to strut the 

 log unharmed, the beautiful deer to bound 

 away without a bleeding wound, while you 

 think of the respect due the game law, 

 Recreation and your conscience. 



G. W. McKay, Floodwood, Minn. 



SLAUGHTER IN CALIFORNIA. 

 The San Francisco Call of a recent date 

 publishes a full page illustrated article 

 lauding the work of another of the vile 

 and contemptible brutes who slaughter 

 egrets, ibises, and other beautiful birds in 

 Southern and Lower California, and sell 

 their plumage to milliners. The Call 

 prints a picture of this despicable hog, and 

 if it be a correct likeness nothing would 

 need to be said of him in order to con- 

 vince readers of the Call of his brutal na- 

 ture. A half page drawing represents 

 Bennett seated on his boat in a marsh and 

 in the act of shooting a glossy ibis that 

 is flying over him. Another section shows 

 him in the act of strinping the skin from 

 one of the birds. The picture is em- 

 bellished with 2 roseate spoonbills that are 

 supposed to be waiting for the slaughter. 



