Vol. XXIII 



Number 6 



RECREATION 



A Monthly Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



Dan Beard, Editor 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR 



TEN CENTS A COPY 



CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1905 





Cover Design Walter King Stone 





Pencilings in Newfoundland . . . . . . l. F. Brown 



Illustrated 



483 



My Death Valley Game Preserve ..... Harry H. Dunn 



Illustrated 



489 



The Great White Bass . . . . . . f. l. Harding 



Illustrated 



501 



December ......... Carolyn B. Lyman 



Verses 



505 



Leaves from My Sketch Book ...... Dan Beard 



Illustrated 



507 



The Mystery of the Blue Goose ..... Dan Beard 



508 



A Curious Letter Box ....... Tappan Adney 



Illustrated 



519 



Making Pictures of the Home Folks ..... Felix Raymer 



Illustrated 



521 



Little Mountaineers . . . . . . J. Carter Beard 



Concluded 



524 



An Owl of the North ....... C. William Beebe 



Illustration by Walter King Stone 



531 



A Deer Hunt in the Hills of Algoma .... John Boyd 



Illustrated 



532 



Something About the Burro . . . . . Helen Gray 



Illustrated 



537 









558 





563 





565 





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