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RECREATION. 



Newhouse 

 Steel Traps 



Are you familiar with the 

 Newhouse Trap Spring ? 

 It has a worldwide repu- 

 tation and is absolutely 

 guaranteed. 



The Newhouse Trap is 

 made in all the regular 

 numbers and several spe- 

 cial sizes. 



No. 81, one of the Newhouse 

 "Specials, "is intended for trap- 

 ping skunk and mink. They 

 cannot get free from this 

 trap by gnawing off their leg. 



Every genuine Newhouse 

 Trap is stamped 



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THE CANADIAN GUIDE. 



Persistence of type is well illustrated by 

 the guides that are found in all the sporting 

 regions of Canada. In years gone by the 

 coureurs de bois caused the utmost con- 

 cern to the civil and religious authorities 

 of French Canada. They refused to be 

 bound by the conditions of civilization, and 

 preferred to spend their lives in the woods 

 among the Indians, from whom they 

 learned all the mysteries of woodcraft. 



To-day the type remains, though purged 

 of the objectionable features of those ad- 

 venturous Frenchmen. The Gatineau val- 

 ley, for instance, up which the Gracefield 

 branch of the Canadian Pacific runs from 

 Ottawa, leads through a forest country 

 studded with lakes of every size and shape. 

 More and more tourists go there every 

 summer, yet so vast is the region that there 

 is not the least fear of its becoming over- 

 crowded. There the guide is in his glory, 

 and he delights to go with parties that in- 

 tend to push their explorations far beyond 

 the range of civilization. He knows the old 

 trails of the fur trader and the Indian. He 

 thoroughly understands how to pactc a 

 canoe, and make all snug in camp. He 

 knows where the best trout or bass rise and 

 where the. deer and moose come down to 

 drink. He can point out the waterways 

 from lake to lake, and will pick out the 

 shortest portage around the rapids. The 

 tourist is thus enabled to enjoy the won- 

 derful delights of the woods with a com- 

 fort that would be otherwise impossible to 

 him. He can set out for a fortnight's or a 

 month's expedition, and camp out in the 

 woods with a certainty of enjoyment that 

 could not in any other way be his. He 

 can delight in the freedom of camp life ; 

 can admire the wondrous beauty of lake 

 and stream, of cascade and quiet pool ; can 

 give himself up to sport, secure in the 

 knowledge that all the rough work will be 

 undertaken by willing and competent men, 

 and will be sure that he will not miss any 

 opportunity through lack of local knowl- 

 edge. On the other hand, a splendid class 

 of men find employment in a calling that 

 the advances of civilization might otherwise 

 make impossible or unprofitable. They 

 guide in summer and trap in winter, and 

 thus the fine, free life of the woods is yet 

 within their reach. 



For more information as to these stal- 

 wart woodsmen and the country they in- 

 habit, apply to E. V. Skinner, A. T. M., 

 458 Broadway, New Yoriv. 



Free: — To any person sending me $1. 

 for 1 new yearly subscription to Recre- 

 ation, I will send a deck of the cele- 

 brated golf playing cards. 



For 2 subscriptions, a fine artificial 

 minnow listed at $1, or a spool of 50 

 yards of Kingfisher No. 5 silk casting 

 line listed at 75 cents. 



Arthur W. Bruce, 508 Woodward Ave- 

 nue, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



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