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\ Forest and Stream 
) On Upper Mississippi Waters 339 
1 By Robert Page Lincoln 
\ Canoe Cruising on Salt Water. . 342 
, By Warren H. Miller 
\ A Blind for the Sneak Shooter. . 344 
By Paul F. Bartling 
The Wisdom of the Serpent 346 
By Price Brown 
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p - / Angling With the Bark on 347 
^ By Carl Schurz Shafer 
i Late Season Stream Fishing 349 
By Frederick White 
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Editorial Comment 350 
How to Develop a Bird Dog 352 K 
By Shadow 
The Tongue of an Ant-eating | - 
Bird 353 
Long Island Kildeer Again 353 / 
Nessmuk’s Camp Fire 354 ^ 
Trap-shooting Hints 356 ; v 
By Jack Fanning I 
Progress and the Shotgun 357 1, 
By E. Newitl \ 
Letters, Questions and Answers. 358 y 
The Chesapeake 362 ( 
By Major John A. Considine, U. S. A. \ 
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