I ^\ See advertising pages for books published by the Forest and Stream Pub- 



voL. XXV.— No. 20. 



lishing Company, also list of Sportsman's Books. Send for free Catalogue. 



THURSDAY. DECEMBER lO, ! 88«. 



CtoPYRIQHT, 1885, BY FmIEST AKD STREAM PUBLISHING Co. 



JEntebkd at New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. 



Terms, postpaid, S4. 

 Great Britain, «1. 



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