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CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1922 
Cover by L. C. Chase 
A Sportsman to His Son. 
By Archibald Rutledge 
No. 1 
PAGE PAGE 
The Fastly Vanishing Ali.igator . . . 18 7 
By Alfred O. Philipp 
Nessmuk’s Camp Fire. 
Rare Furs of the Weasel Family... 8 
By Agnes Laut 
\ Walking on Webbed Feet. 
By Elon Jessup 
Ice Bound on Great South Bay 12 
Part II. 
By Roland Clark 
Work in a Fish Hatchery. 
By Felix I. Koch 
Editorial Comment 16 
Wild-Fowling Days in Kansas 22 
By Widgeon 
Turkey Shooting Matches 24 
By Henry Elliott 
The Ten-Gauge Shotgun 25 
By C. S. Landis 
24 Letters, Questions and Answers.... 26 
Spot Trapping 32 
By F. E. Brimmer 
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