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RECREATION. 



take a flat bottom boat, cover it with grass, 

 float down the Chickahominy and get good 

 shooting on these and other varieties of 

 ducks. 



Guides wages are only $1.50 a day; guide 

 and dog, $2; boatman and boat, $1.50; team 

 and driver, $2 a day. 



Sportsmen who prefer to use their own 

 dogs can have them boarded permanently 

 at Mr. Adams' kennel at $5 a month. 



My own experience on the Chamberlin 

 preserve was extremely interesting. In 4 

 hours' hunting we put up 3 full coveys 

 of 15 to 20 birds each, and by following 

 them persistently could easily have killed 

 15 or 20, but we felt we had enough when 

 we got 5 quails and one woodcock, so we 

 quit. 



The next day we had an old fashioned 

 rain. In the afternoon the tempera- 

 ture neared the freezing point and snow 

 came down in large wet chunks. Sheltered 

 by rubber boots and a Pantasote coat and 

 hat I walked from the lodge to the station, 

 2,y 2 miles. Persimmons were just ripe and 

 the trees were loaded. To pick the luscious 

 fruit from the snow-covered ground and 

 eat all I wanted of it, as I trudged along 

 through a errand old storm, was a treat not 

 often afforded a Northern man. A dinner 

 at the Hotel Chamberlin, made memorable 

 by a broiled woodcock on toast, was a fit- 

 ting close to an ideal day in the Old Do- 

 minion. 



Most people know what a delightful place 



Old Point Comfort is in winter, and what 

 a luxurious house the Hotel Chamberlin 

 is.' Those who have not had the pleasure 

 of visiting this famous resort have some- 

 thing interesting to look forward to. There 

 are few resorts in this country where a man 

 can get so much for his money as at Old 

 Point. 



Fortress Monroe, one of the best of our 

 seacoast defenses, is located there, and 

 within its historic walls the United States 

 Artillery School is conducted. This keeps 

 a large number of officers, young and old. 

 on duty there, and the corridors, parlors, 

 dining rooms and ballroom of the Cham- 

 berlin are aglow with blue and gold day 

 and night. 



Immediately in front of the Hotel Cham- 

 berlin, and only 3 miles away, the great 

 battle between the Merrimac and the Moni- 

 tor was fought ; Cornwallis surrendered to 

 Washington at Yorktown, only a few miles 

 from Old Point, and the war of 1812 left 

 its imprint on this hallowed ground. The 

 greatest ship-building plant in America and 

 the largest dry dock in the world are at 

 Newport News, 12 miles away. 



It is well worth while for every Amer- 

 ican to make at least one trip to Old Point 

 and look over these historic landmarks. If 

 you go in the open season for any of the 

 kinds of game I have mentioned, you can 

 take your gun along and put in a day or 2 

 where conditions are right for good 

 sport. 



CONTRASTS. 



C. O. WOODMANSEE. 



The meadow where last summer 



The daisies used to blow, 

 Is covered now with glist'ning ice 



And the sifting, drifting snow. 



The forests where last summer 



The robins used to sing, 

 Now bow their bald, submissive heads 



To the mighty Winter King. 



The brook that down the valley, 

 Last summer used to race, 



Is silent now and still 

 In Winter's cold embrace. 



The pond where all last summer 



The froglets used to play, 

 Is covered now with cold, thick ice 



Where the skeeters have gone away. 



The breezes that last summer 



So soft were wont to blow, 

 Have turned around, are coming back, 



Their whiskers full of snow. 



Oh, Winter, we are tired of you, 

 We wish you soon would go ; 



We're tired of your blooming blizzards, 

 We're tired of your ulster of snow. 



But don't feel badly, Winter, 

 When the dog days come again; 



We'll sigh for your cooling breezes 

 In this same poetic strain. 



