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lipolis, but that is only an instance of the 

 many errors made by those who have written 

 of Boone. Boone did give "Old Isaac" to his 

 friend "Bob" Safford, but it was stolen at the 

 time of the Civil War and has never since 

 been heard of; while the writers generally 

 have been unaware that there was a smaller 

 trap — the one which I show you. In size this 

 one is what is now called a "number four," 

 and was his regular beaver trap ; but some- 

 times they would set a trap for a wolf. I 

 have been all along Raccoon Creek and been 

 shown the places where the two hardy adven- 

 turers trapped and camped. One of these 

 places was on 

 what was 

 after ward s 

 my grand- 

 father's farm. 

 Dr. Safford, 

 of Gallipolis, 

 told me that 

 they captured 

 an enormous 

 wolf with, he 

 thought, this 

 same trap, on 

 a little hill 

 near by; so 

 that may be 

 why it is now 

 c a 1 le d a 

 " wolf " trap. 

 At any rate, 

 we know that 

 it was Boone's 

 trap, and as 

 Boone was 

 never so con- 

 tented as 

 when living 

 along some 

 ciuiet stream 

 far from the 

 abodes of 

 civilized man, 

 at his favor- 

 i t e occupa- 

 tion of trap- 

 ping beavers, 



we may be sure that this old trap was one 

 of his most valuable possessions. 



The old trap is owned by Mr. A. C. Saf- 

 ford, of Gallipolis. The other photograph 

 shows the old trap, also Boone's hatchet, and 

 Dr. T. R. Safford, another grandson of Col. 

 Safford, sitting on the steps of the old Saf- 

 ford mansion. 



Yours truly, 



Tappan Adney. 



DAN BOONE S TRAP. 



that good roads are to the advantage of the 

 farmer, the country storekeeper, the tourist, 

 the wheelman and the automobilist, and to 

 the whole community. The roads are the 

 veins of the country, and the freer the circu- 

 lation through these veins the healthier ancj 

 stronger is the trade and life of the country. 

 The more sluggish the circulation the nearer 

 is the country to partial or complete par- 

 alysis. In this connection it is interesting to 

 note that the Arthur Clark Company, of 

 Cleveland, has published a series of books giv- 

 ing the evolution of the American Highways, 

 of which the New York Sun says that 



"There is a 

 fad just now in 

 road books. 

 First Mr. Bel- 

 loc took "The 

 Road to Rome" 

 and another 

 "Old Road in 

 England," then 

 Mr. Hewlet lin- 

 gered on "The 

 Road in Tus- 

 cany." Now two 

 commentators 

 have "accom- 

 panied" an 

 artist, the one 

 through France 

 to the Italian 

 frontier, and the 

 other from that 

 frontier to 

 Florence, and 

 brought out a 

 book called 

 "Sketches on the 

 Old Road 



Through France 

 t o Florence." 

 Of these com- 

 mentators, Mr. 

 Carmichael has 

 much to tell 

 that is new or 

 little known con- 

 cerning church 

 ceremonies, one 

 chapter of seri- 

 ous historical in- 

 terest in the de- 

 tailed account of 

 the burning of 

 Shelley's body 

 at Viareggio, and 

 the praises of 

 a lover for the 

 beautiful places 

 in Tuscany." 



We must thank the advent of the automo- 

 bile for the renewed interest in our roads. 



GOOD ROADS. 



Recreation stands for good roads — not on 

 sentimental grounds, but for good, practical, 

 common-sense reasons. It is self-evident 



SHELL-DRAKE. 



Editor Recreation : 



I would be obliged if you would advise me 

 through the columns of your magazine, if the 

 shell-drake isn't the same duck as the Amer- 

 ican Merganser, or sawbill. 



C. K. Jameson, EI Paso; Texas. 



Yes, it is the Merganser Americanus, but 

 the Hooded Merganser and Red-breasted 

 Merganser are also known, in many locali- 

 ties, as shell-drakes, or sawbills. — Editor. 



