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RECREATION. 



is not my reason for returning this MS., 

 but I am sure you would sell it more readily 

 if at least 2 of the names were omitted. 



The attention of readers in Western 

 Pennsylvania is called to a communica- 

 tion from Hon. W. E. Meehan, printed in 

 the Fishing Department of this issue of 

 Recreation, in which he asks for the names 

 r.nd addresses of men in that part of Penn- 

 sylvania who are willing to act as special 

 fish protectors. I trust every one of my 

 readers in that region will take up this mat- 

 ter, will look for good men and give their 

 names and addresses to Mr. Meehan. 



There are few public officers in the coun- 

 try who are as zealous in their work as 

 Commissioner Meehan, and the anglers of 

 the State should support and cooperate with 

 him in every way possible. 



A friend has called my attention to the 

 fact that in the August issue of Recreation 

 I made the mistake of recording 2 game 

 hogs as number 1,041. These were Chas. 

 E. Hewitt, Tumwater, Wash., and Wil- 

 lard H. Ames, Malone, N. Y. Hewitt ad- 

 mits having killed 147 ducks in one day 

 with an automatic shot gun, while Ames 

 says he saw a buck swimming in the lake, 

 which was already well nigh exhausted, and 

 that having no gun he rowed out, caught 

 the deer by the horns and held its head 

 under the water until it drowned. Ames, 

 therefore, is the bigger hog of the 2, and 

 I have changed his record in the book to 

 number 1,041^2. 



An Associated Press dispatch from Mil- 

 waukee states that 40 hunters were killed 

 and wounded in Wisconsin and upper Mich- 

 igan during the months of September. Octo- 

 ber, November and December. This record 

 indicates that there should be a shorter 

 open season on hunters. If the^ laws of 

 these 2 States are not amended in this re- 

 spect the supply of hunters will soon be 

 diminished to such an extent as to interfere 

 materially with the trade of the gun and 

 ammunition makers. 



In editing Allan Brooks' article printed 

 on page 217 of October Recreation I mis- 

 construed his meaning and inserted the 

 words "Canadian goose" in lines number 13 

 and 28 from bottom of right hand column, 

 where I should have inserted the words 

 "the brant." In both of these places Mr. 

 Brooks used the pronoun "it" and in my 

 effort to convey his meaning explicitly I 

 guessed wrong. The statements in these 2 

 paragraphs refer to the brant. 



A firm in Connecticut recently asked me 

 for a rate on an advertisement of a ferret 

 muzzle. I replied as follows : 



Dear Sirs : I do not approve of the use 

 of ferrets in hunting. No one but a game 

 hog of the most despicable type would 

 ever use one. of these brutes for that pur- 

 pose, and I would not carry an ad that 

 would help a man out in the use of a fer- 

 ret, at any price you could name. — Editor. 



If any reader <of Recreation knows Mr. 

 F. W. Marshall, of Canandaigua, N. Y., or 

 Mr. W. E. O'Neal, West Seneca, N. Y., 

 will he please tell me how and where they 

 can be reached by mail? There is impor- 

 tant mail in this office awaiting both of 

 these men. 



A subscription to Recreation means solid 

 comfort a whole year. If you send one to a 

 friend it will remind him 12 times during 

 the year of your kindness and generosity. 

 There are many men and women who for 

 5 years past have annually sent in long lists 

 of names of friends, accompanied with a 

 check, in order that those friends might be 

 made happy a whole year. Would it not be 

 well for you to adopt this plan ? 



Try it and see how grateful the recipient 

 will be. 



The admiral pinned the glittering order 

 on the grizzled veteran's breast. 



"The Emperor honors a chosen son," he 

 said, huskily. ' 



"I did nothing, excellency ; nothing," 

 sobbed the old sailor, overcome by emo- 

 tion, as he sank to one knee. 



"You saved the honor of your country," 

 said the admiral, sternlv. ."In discovering 

 the British fishing fleet" — he turned away 

 to hide his tears— "you gave us the only vic- 

 tory of the war." — Judge. 



I am with you on the advancement in the 

 price of Recreation. I get more than $2 

 worth of satisfaction out of the magazine 

 each year. It is worth that amount to me to 

 read your roasts of game and fish hogs each 

 month. By all means advance the price to a 

 paying basis. I, like many others, do not 

 expect something for nothing. 



M. A. Woodman, Tama, la. 



The inventor of a new feeding bottle for 

 infants sent out the following among his 

 directions for using: 



"When the baby is done drinking it must 

 be unscrewed and laid in a cool place under 

 the hydrant. If the baby does not thrive 

 on fresh milk it should be boiled." — Col- 

 lier's. 



