XXIV 



RECREATION. 



HUNTING WITH A BAUSCH & LOMB FIELD GLASS. 



I carried a Bausch & Lomb pris- 

 matic field glass with me to the Rocky 

 Mountains last spring and got so 

 great an amount of pleasure and sat- 

 isfaction from its use that I deem it 

 only fair and proper to tell the read- 

 ers of Recreation something about 

 it. We camped in a canyon some 

 2,000 feet deep. In fact, some of the 

 peaks on either side of us rose 

 to heights of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



and we could painly see his eyes, his 

 horns and hoofs in detail. We could 

 easily distinguished the mane and the 

 beard, and could even determine 

 whether or not his hair was wet or 

 dry. We could tell when the goat 

 was chewing his cud and when he was 

 not. In cases where he had walked 

 through patches of snow, we could 

 track him by the aid of the glass. 

 One old goat remained several days 



A GOAT WITH A BROKEN NOSE. 



White goats were in sight nearly ev- 

 ery day, on the sides of the moun- 

 tains about us, though they never 

 came within less than ^2 mile of the 

 camp. On clear days I frequently 

 set up the tripod of my camera, laid 

 my gloves on it and the field glass 

 on these, so that I could easily shift 

 it, to command a view of any section 

 of mountain or side of canyon wall 

 within the range of our vision. The 

 results I obtained in this way were 

 simply marvelous. A goat a mile 

 away would appear through the glass 

 to be not more than 100 yards away, 



on a certain bench of the canyon wall, 

 comprising not more than 5 acres of 

 ground. This animal was nearly al- 

 ways seen broadside to, but finally 

 lay down facing us. I set up the 

 tripod, took a careful look at the 

 creature, and found it had been seri- 

 ously wounded in some way. Its face 

 was badly cut and torn, and a section 

 of its nose, some 6 inches long, ex- 

 tending from about the eyes to the 

 tip, was an open sore. There was 

 also a wound on one shoulder. 



We were there during the close 

 season on these animals, and under 



