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ing in or shipping of the eggs of wild 

 ducks, geese, brant and cranes, in that 

 territory. In this work Mr. Lacey was 

 materially aided by Congressmen R. J. 

 Waters, of California, and C. K. Wheeler, 

 of Kentucky. 



The 56th Congress will go down in his- 

 tory as the first one to have reallv enacted 

 and put in operation any important meas- 

 ure for the preservation of our American 

 fauna, and its members will be honored 

 and revered by sportsmen and naturalists 

 accordingly. 



All over this State cottontail rabbits are 

 injurious to young fruit trees. They eat 

 off the tender growth of the first year, and, 

 if the snow is deep so they can reach it, 

 they eat the second year's growth from 

 the top. When snow is very deep they 

 gnaw the older fruit trees, taking the bark 

 off so that the tree is badly injured, if not 

 killed. 



I am told that near Orleans and Kear- 

 ney, Neb., jack rabbits have on some farms 

 totally destroyed several acres of corn and 

 are become veritable pests. 



Wm. B. Kirby, Lincoln, Neb. 



happen he should have tipped such a nice, 

 easy figure? — Editor. 



An Italian living in Spring Valley has 

 hit on a scheme which may rival the Cape 

 Nome mining district as a road to wealth. 

 He ships crows to New York City and 

 gets $2 a dozen for them. They are served 

 in restaurants as prairie chickens. Mud 

 hens have long been served up as ducks, 

 but this is the first instance in which 

 crows have been used as food. The begin- 

 ning of the new century may see buzzard 

 served as turkey, for some cooks are suf- 

 ficiently adept in their art to deceive even 

 the elect. 



Ames Wilson, Hennepin, 111. 



A son of George Roberts, while out hunting 

 last week, was astounded at seeing a buffalo run- 

 ning at large between Henefer and Croydon. The 

 young man took 5 shots at him, but with poor 

 results. It is supposed the buffalo had escaped 

 from the Yellowstone Park. 



Yes, and he has no doubt been hunted to 

 his death long ago. Thus the little bunch 

 of 20 or 30 buffalo in the park is being re- 

 duced year by year. The last one will prob- 

 ably go before Congress decides to fence 

 them in. — Editor. 



Near the Gillies timber camp at the middle fork 

 of Wood river, in Wyoming, Harry Adams, an old 

 time mountaineer and hunter, killed a monster 

 bear recently. He was very fat, having just 

 emerged from the hole where he had hibernated 

 for the winter. He measured 3 feet between the 

 forearms and weighed 1,275 pounds. — Red Lodge 

 Picket. 



Just 1,275, eh? What kind of a scale 

 did you weigh him on? And how does it 



Forest fires have played havoc with the 

 grouse this spring, but they are drumming 

 on the other side of the lake, and back in 

 the swale a pair of eagles are talking in 

 high-keyed, falsetto voices. At Forest lake 

 club they trapped a good sized black bear 

 last winter and there are a few lynx re- 

 ported in the same neighborhood. 



Dan Beard, Rowlands, Pa. 



I owe a great deal to Recreation for 

 through it I see the size of sins com- 

 mitted years ago, when, a farmer's boy, I 

 shot robins for stealing cherries. You are 

 doing a great work for us all, when you 

 strive for the protection of all kinds of 

 game and song birds. 



D. C. Carver, D. D. S., 



Rock Falls, 111. 



A bear got into one of the lambing camps 

 of Richard Savage, on the head of Lake 

 creek, last week and before it could be 

 frightened away had killed 19 lambs. It 

 went through the bunch picking the lambs 

 up by the necks, breaking them, and then 

 dropping them. Bear are reported numer- 

 ous in that country, and have bothered the 

 sheep men a great deal. — Saratoga (Wyo.) 

 Sun. 



I was up at Muskoka last fall hunting 

 and took 10 copies of Recreation. We 

 had a delightful time, getting 15 deer. 

 There were 10 people in our party. I was 

 lucky enough to get my first, a buck weigh- 

 ing about 235 pounds, with large antlers. 

 H. F. Howard, Toronto, Ont. 



Last Thursday Mr. Wesley Bloom, of 

 the North fork of the Shoshone succeed- 

 ed in trapping a monster silver tip bear, 

 said to be one of the largest ever caught. 

 The capture was made on Trout creek. 

 This is the second one for Mr. Bloom in 

 the last 3 weeks. — Wyoming paper. 



In spite of the disadvantages under 

 which I am placed at present I have se- 

 cured the conviction of 4 violators of the 

 game and fish laws during the last 4 

 months. R. S. Woodliff, L. A. S.. 



Jackson, Mich. 



Will some one please tell me where I can 

 find a day's hunting within 25 miles of New 

 York city? Also where I can find wood- 

 chuck hunting, and if there is any law on 

 them? Subscriber, New York city. 



Do not fail to contribute to the Lacey 

 watch fund at once. 



