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One drop of 10 per cent, bromide of potas- 

 sium to each ounce of developer for clear 

 work. Mix in order named, and be sure that 

 hydroquinone is dissolved before _ adding 

 metol or sulphite. Use warm water if neces- 

 sary to obtain that end. This is a fast de- 

 veloper, and though I use Cramer plates al- 

 most exclusively, I have tried it on Seed's, 

 Hammer's and Eastman's with success. 



A chrome-alum hardening bath used in 

 proper conjunction with this developer will 

 give you negatives profuse in detail and ex- 

 tremely sharp in definition, this latter being 

 the property of chrome alum — forcing the 

 hypo to dissolve the unaffected bromide of 

 silver to the veriest edge of the reduced 

 bromide. 



Wm. H. Brooks, 

 New Kensington, Pa. 



SOME FRIENDLY WORDS 



Editor Recreation : 



Each month as Recreation comes to my 

 desk I lay it aside to enjoy it with my pipe 

 and a leisure hour. And may as well confess 

 at the start that I have a weakness for con- 

 sidering each number better than the preced- 

 ing. Perhaps the relief of a quiet hour and 

 Dame Nicotine contribute somewhat to my 

 receptive state, but really, it's a good "mag." 

 Perhaps the publishers know it, too; at least 

 I hope so. 



To-day (Sunday) I have been reading and 

 smoking, and living over with the writers of 

 Recreation some of the incidents that I can 

 picture and understand so well, for I am an 

 ardent admirer of Nature and all her charms. 

 Every year I go into the "big woods" of 

 Maine for a two weeks' outing, and as soon 

 as one is ended I begin to look ahead to the 

 next. My son (now a 17-year-old high-school 

 youth) goes with me. Went the first time 

 two years ago. We shall start again the 28th 

 of this month. Are counting the days now. 

 We take rifles, cameras, shotguns. We go 

 for a good time and have it, anyway. The 

 privilege of rambling in the woods amply 

 pays for the expense of the trip. The saving 

 of doctor's fees balances the account once 

 more. Our pictures are worth the price; our 

 game is clear gain after realizing 300 per 

 cent, on the investment. We have some good 

 trophies, and our neighbors and friends year- 

 ly get a taste of venison. I don't know why 

 I am writing to you unless it is because I got 

 full and had to let out. I have read Recrea- 

 tion for October from cover to cover. I like 

 your platform and gladly sign the pledge. 

 "Them's my sentiments." Go on with the 

 good work. I like your stories. I don't like 

 game hog stories. I don't like slaughter 

 stories. I like consistent statements of ex- 



periences near to nature's heart. Stories that 

 one may believe and enter into the experience 

 himself with enjoyment. "My Friend the 

 Toad," and Harry Dillon Jones's "Pennsyl- 

 vania Beaver" lay way over the most thrill- 

 ing story of "letting 'em down." I like a little 

 game — one deer a year satisfies my big game 

 cravings — but I am passionately fond of the 

 life and lessons of the great silent, yet talka- 

 tive, forest and its population. 



I have read your invitation to "Write for 

 Us," in "Around Our Camp Fire," and it has 

 set me to wondering if I have had any ex- 

 periences, with photographic backing, that 

 would be the "right kind of goods for sale." 



Perhaps I may attempt it later. I may get 

 some pictures this year that would interest 

 you and your readers. 



In the meantime accept my appreciation of 

 Recreation and my congratulations, then ex- 

 cuse me while I "smoke up." 



G. R. Chadbourne, Auburn, Maine. 



BUT THERE IS LITTLE NIGHT 

 Editor Recreation : 



I was much interested in a discussion in 

 a recent number of Recreation about the 

 drumming of ruffed grouse during the night. 

 My experience in this country is that the 

 grouse do most of their drumming during 

 the night and early morning, especially during 

 the months of May and June. I have heard 

 them every hour of the night, not one, but 

 several. Also the blue grouse does most 

 of his hooting in the night during the months 

 of April and May. While one will hear an oc- 

 casional ruffed and blue grouse during the 

 day, there will heard a great many more 



after nightfall. 



Frank Callbreath, 

 Telegraph Creek, B. C. 



THE HABITS OF GEESE 

 Editor Recreation : 



Can you tell me through the columns of 

 Recreation where geese going south make 

 their final stop ; also where they start. Tell 

 me also, if you can, how fast they fly. 



C. M. Donelson, Swartz Creek, Mich. 



The Eastern wild goose does not, as a 

 rule, go farther than the Gulf Coast of the 

 United States in winter. The Hutchins' 

 goose, found in the west, goes down to the 

 high table lands of Mexico. 



Each goose starts from where it nested, 

 and they nes. from the State of Maine to 

 Labrador and perhaps further north. The 

 pace at which they fly is disputed, but we 

 think that they rarely, if ever, exceed sixty 

 miles an hour, unless they are going with 

 a strong gale behind them. — Editor. 



