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for the pleasure of giving away. I have never had 

 the opportunity to kill so many and do not know 

 but the fever of killing would get the upper hand 

 (for I am but an amateur) ; but as I feel now, I 

 would take but a reasonable bag. 



Deer are very plentiful in these islands, but I 

 am afraid cannot be caught by the ordinary 

 methods of stalking, owing to the thickness of 

 the undergrowth, which, of course, makes shooting 

 with a rifle both difficult and dangerous. 



The style in custom here is to hunt with beaters 

 and dogs who skirt the hills and work toward the 

 valleys where are stationed the guns (shotguns). 

 Using a rope or long vine in the form of a V is 

 done greatly by the natives, and as one of your 

 correspondents in October said, the deer will not 

 jump said rope until hard pressed, which makes 

 them easy marks for buckshot. 



Quail are not plentiful or large, but are in 

 shape like our American birds exactly, their only 

 difference being in color and size. 



Ducks are just as plentiful here as any man 

 could wish to have them, but with the exception 

 of one kind they are difficult to shoot, there being 

 so much water and very little natural blinds, and 

 they do not decoy, as one would expect where 

 they are plentiful. The exception is the whistling 

 duck, which is the silliest wild fowl I ever saw. 

 They do not seem to be afraid, for you can stand 

 in open water and shoot them down while they 

 fly over. I shot a whole flock of ten, one after 

 the other, as they flew up and down the creek, the 

 last one flying just as the others. 



There are a few good dogs here, owned by 

 Americans, but are not much use for hunting 

 purposes, there being nothing but snipe that a 

 dog could point and they are always in marshy 

 ground, which makes it difficult for hunting. I 

 have a pointer, but for which I would lose a 

 number of snipe that 1 had shot on account of 

 their falling in long tangle. Good retrievers are 

 what are needed here. Enclosed are two pictures, 

 one of myself and dog ("Shot") after a snipe 

 shoot amongst the cane brake (bamboo) one 

 Sunday morning. The gun is a LeFever and the 

 bag contains eleven genuine "jack." The other 

 picture was taken on a launch on our return from 

 a snipe hunt on the "Laguna de Bahia." The 

 smaller picture was snapped by a native and 

 developed and printed by myself. 



Possibly when I am more proficient I will try 

 for your prizes. S. A. Crosby, 



Master, U. S. A. T. Sacramento. 



Manila, P. I. 



Unfortunately the two photographs were spoilt 

 in transit. — Editor. 



Western Nova Scotia 



Editor Recreation: 



In reply to yours I would beg to say, in regard 

 to sports here, we have the best of trout-fishing, 

 beginning the first of May and lasting until the 

 waters get low and warm about July; but we can 

 always find them by going back to the heads of 

 the streams. We also have fine salmon-fishing, 

 and during the open season we have the best of 

 moose hunting, and we have fairly good partridge 



and duck shooting, also some woodcock and 

 winter yellow-legs. 



I have a complete camp outfit and can take 

 care of any size party. 



In regard to your statement about stories I 

 would say that I am no hand afwriting, but may 

 later on have a rap at it. I have had plenty of 

 experiences and have known of a good many 

 very exciting scraps, but never thought of trying to 

 write them up. I have hunted and guided in 

 Colorado in the early seventies; in the Middle 

 and North Pack and Bear River countries, also 

 in the mountains of North Carolina, and have 

 cruised this part of Nova Scotia for the past two 

 years. 



I was very much pleased with Mr. Clapp's 

 Christmas present — Recreation — for I think it 

 one of the best sporting magazines printed. 



G. C. Smart. 



Caledonia, Queens Co., N. S. 



British Columbia Beaver 



Editor Recreation: 



You may or may not have heard of the fight for 

 the Beaver in British Columbia. In any case, I 

 send you some correspondence regarding the sub- 

 ject, in the belief that you will be glad to assist as 

 far as you can; although your publication is an 

 American one, still it has considerable circulation 

 throughout Canada and British Columbia. 



Just as we supposed we had obtained a breath- 

 ing spell for the beaver comes an Order-in-Council 

 revoking the close season, which affects practically 

 all the beaver ground in the Province. 



The Hudson Bay Company's agents here have 

 told the Indians living to the south of the line 

 named in the O. I. C. to kill beaver and take them 

 north to their posts at Fraser Lake and Fort 

 George, so that all the Blackwater ground and 

 tributaries of Chilcoten are affected. Beaver are 

 getting very scarce and to say that Indians are 

 starving on account of the close season is laughable. 

 Many Indians ardently desire the close season and 

 are sorry for the change. 



Any information you may require I shall be glad 

 to furnish, if I can. Sidney Williams. 



Quesnel, B. C. 



A Fine Fish 



Editor Recreation: 



Miss Elsie Holmes, of Eau Claire, Wis., caught 

 in Long, or Little Bear, Lake a mascalonge weigh- 

 ing 36 pounds, after a hard fight. The fish was 

 beached before it could be landed. 



J. P. Hale. 



Madge, Wis. 



B. O. Furey appeared before the Toronto 

 police court recently and was fined $100 and $5 

 apiece costs for serving ten brace of partridge to a 

 Toronto millionaire. 



Mr. Furey is McConkey's general manager, the 

 most fashionable restaurant and cafe in the Do- 

 minion. 



Partridge must not be sold in the Province of 

 Ontario until 1907. 



