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RECREATION 



recommended by Maine, North Dakota, Ok- 

 lahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. 

 Delaware recommends an increase in the 

 non-resident license fee to $10, North Da- 

 kota an increase in the resident fee from 

 75 cents to $i, and Illinois a slight reduction 

 in the resident fee. 



FOR SAFETY'S SAKE. 



Editor Recreation : 



Being a constant reader of your valued 

 magazine for the past three years, I take the 

 liberty to address a few lines, which I be- 

 lieve may interest some, if not quite a few 

 of your readers. I will not go to rewriting 

 it, but will give it as printed in the Mil- 

 waukee Journal. 



The Journal: 



"In the light of recent events, the many drownings 

 on our inland lakes is getting to be a matter of no 

 small concern, and very little, if anything, has been 

 done to prevent the many sad deaths which are 

 continually being recorded. Many lives have been 

 saved on our lakes, but no organized effort in this 

 direction has been made. As a means of safeguard- 

 ing as much as possible against such accidents, let 

 me suggest one: Let all hunting, fishing and yacht- 

 ing clubs be called together for one meeting and 

 federated into one body of lifesavers, and each club 

 provide itself with at least one life preserver or 

 buoy, which could be carried at all times under the 

 seat of a rowboat, and as the members of these 

 clubs are usually at the lakes on Sundays, when 

 most drownings take place, they would always be 

 on hand and within reach. 



To put interest into it, offer a medal for each 

 life saved, which could be paid for easily by the 

 subscriptions of, we'll say, 25 cents per member. 

 A medal of this merit would be certainly a medal 

 of honor. If all the clubs of Waukesha, Milwaukee 

 and Racine counties were thus federated, we could 

 do a great deal toward preventing many a sad 

 death. A button or other pin could be adopted, 

 which would show the wearer to be a member of 

 this life-saving organization, and which would also 

 be an honor to him. With hopes that we may hear 

 from others likewise inclined, I am." 



Three years of constant perusal of Rec- 

 reation is my best testimonial as to its 

 worth. Hoping the idea regarding accidents 

 may be food for thought, I am 



George J. Ulrich. 



GAME PROTECTION IN ONTARIO. 



An association has been formed for the 

 protection of fish and game in the province 

 of Ontario, with headquarters in Toronto. 

 Branches are to be established in other cities, 

 towns and villages throughout the province. 



OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION. 

 The objects and purposes of this Association shall 

 be:— 



(1) To act as a voluntary auxiliary force to aid 

 the constituted authorities in the prosecution of 

 offences against the regulations on this subject. 



(2) The organized observation of the habits, propa- 

 gation and seasons of all fish, game and birds, and 

 from the knowledge so obtained, the suggestion to 

 the authorities of the best regulations for their 

 preservation and increase. 



(3) To encourage the protection of the song, 

 insectivorous, and other birds not classed as game 

 birds, and to educate the children, especially boys, 

 accordingly. 



(4) To oppose the sale or export of game and 

 r~.ne fishes at all times and under all circumstances. 



(5) To take steps to endeavor to prove to resi- 

 dents along our lakes, rivers and streams, and in 

 our forests, that their financial interests are best 

 served by the protection of fish and game. 



(6) To cultivate more friendly relations afield 

 among sportsmen and the residents of the districts 

 where sport exists. 



(7) To produce a widespread sentiment looking 

 towards the continued preservation of those large 

 districts already set aside as public game domains, 

 and where possible, the still further extension of 

 this system. 



The fees are $1 admission and an annual 

 contribution of a similar amount. 



Further information will be furnished by 

 Mr. A. Kelly Evans, 25 Front street, East, 

 Toronto. 



OFF THE MAINE COAST. 



Editor Recreation : 



Only twelve miles from the mainland off 

 the coast of Maine, the Island of Monhegan 

 has for the larger part of the year almost 

 the remoteness and separation from the great 

 world at large of a thousand miles of blue 

 water. To many I dare say even the location 

 of this great rocky menace to coast-wise 

 navigation is unknown. My notion of it, 

 gathered from vague recollections of some 

 story of a shipwreck there, was of a place 

 aloof, a wild, rocky, nearly inaccessible wil- 

 derness, the home of a few hardy fishermen 

 and the broods of wandering sea-birds. On 

 the map it shows but a little spot of color. 



Among the few hundred regular dwellers 

 on the island to-day may be found some who 

 have never been to the main shore. Their 

 daily round of life has been bounded by the 

 sparkle of the waters, the beating of the surf 

 on the rocks, and the darkest nights starred 

 by the blinking eye of the lighthouse that 

 stands sentinel on the shoulder of the high- 

 est hill. 



The way to Monhegan is one that offers 

 allurement to the lover of the sea, and if 

 there is anything of a blow on it it will thor- 

 oughly test his seaworthiness. Starting from 

 the beautiful harbor of Boothbay the smart 

 and staunch sailing packet, schooner-rigged, 

 and once a member of Cape Cod's famous 

 fishing fleet, makes her way on the open sea 

 to Monhegan. Rain or shine, blow high — 

 blow low — she goes, and rare indeed is the 

 weather that can keep her hardy skipper in 

 port. She carries freight and Uncle Sam's 

 mail all the year round and a few passengers, 

 chiefly during the summer months, and is 

 the link that binds the island to the distant 

 shore and brings to the fishermen news of 

 what is happening in the world beyond. In 

 summer seas the packet offers a pleasant 

 journey enough, but with the coming of the 

 winter gales, blinding snows and harbor ice 

 it puts to the test the best of seamanship. 



There is at times a delightful uncertainty 

 about her goings and comings that lends an 

 element of speculative interest to the jour- 



