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CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1922 
No, 8 
PACE 
The Pickerel Through the 
Year " .D 
By Arthur G. Dunn 
The Grizzlies op the Atha- 
basca c;2 
By Raymond Thompson 
The Sailing Canoe and its Rig 344 
By William D. Lcctch 
Fishing Along the Jersey 
Coast 34 G 
By Leonard Tliilit 
The Carp as a Ganty Food-Fish 347 
By Louis Rhead 
?,Iounting Fish True to Life.. 34S 
By Alfred C. Weed 
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The Turkey I Did Not Shoot.. 349 i 
By J. D. Stevens / 
Editorial Comment 350 \ 
Nesamuk’s Camp Fire 352 
Letters, Questions and An- 
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Double Service Kits 35G 
By F. L. Brimnur 
The Shotgun *fieid 3.58 
By Hinry Elliott 
Wild Bee Hunting 3G0 
By Charles M. Broun 
Training a Pointer 382 
By G. F. Hamilton 
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