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FOREST AND STREAM 
January, 1919 
HADDON HALL 
ATLANTIC CITY 
ALWAYS OPEN 
RIGHT ON THE BEACH AND THE BOARDWALK 
Appeals particularlj- to cultivated 
people who seek rest and recreation 
at the Sea Shore, Summer or W inter. 
From every section of the country 
such guests have come to lladdon 
Hall for 40 years — and come back 
again and again — it is so satisfying, 
so free from ostentation, so comfort- 
able and sufficient. Every facility is 
offered young and old for enjoyment. 
step and you are in the surf. Fascinat- 
ing shops and a thousand amusements 
are offered along the famous Hoardwalk. 
Privileges of fine golf and yacht clubs. 
Rooms are comfortable and attractive — 
there is delightful music — and always in- 
teresting people. 
Make reservations — write for 
illustrated folder. 
LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT 
ROBERT H. ROCKWELL 
2504 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
WE WANT ALL KINDS OF FURS 
FOX, BEAR,BEAVER, LYNX, 
MUSKRAT, 
^^9I^MARTEN,MINK,EI? 
C" L K ^ WEIL PAYS THE MOST 
Remits Quickest. Pays 
Holds shipments 6 daya It flesfred. 
vaSrla Furs are high. Big money trapping 
this year. Our large Illustrated Trapper’s Guide 
Sent Free. Frequent price-lists keep you posted. 
Trapsand Bait. In business 50 years. Biggest 
house. AskanyBank. Ca.shquoted lorhidcs. 
W.aD.xo JP.Pn “TheOldSquareDealHouse. 
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rays of LIGHT in d^k. The darker the better. Easi^ ap- 
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We want millions of muskrat, skunk, 
coon, mink, opossum, fox, wolf— even rabbit 
skins — and will pay spot cash, highest 
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every cent of value in your furs. We never 
promise impossible prices and then cut 
down on the grade. What your furs are 
worth is what we pay — and we pay infulL 
Check sent you within 24 hours. 
Write for Free Shipping Tags and Trap- 
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International Fur Exchange 
769 Fansten Building 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 
Indian Moccasins 
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Made of Genuine Moose Hide 
lUen’s Sizes. 6 to 11. at $4.25 
Ladies’ or Boys’ Sizes, 
2 to 6 at $3.50 
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m* 112 Main Street 
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they get the best of treatment hy 
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! NIGHT SHINING AMID 
I FLORIDA SWAMPS 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11) 
being at the prow of the boat and the 
light right for the dark waters, I saw 
the ’gator rise without a ripple, much as 
a salmon will take a fly without breaking 
the surface. I saw the barred sides and 
I the clear outline of Mr. ’Gator, but I 
j beat him to it by a yard, for as the boat 
swept over him there came the familiar 
surge, this time with a splash, and pud- 
! die, as it happened in the swamp before. 
I knew then that the camp boss had said 
sooth — these were ’gators, without doubt. 
We bagged a seven-foot one on the edge 
of a deep irrigation ditch. My comrade 
had wounded it with a charge of buckshot 
fired from an old-fashioned, rusty gun, 
and it lay there dazed. One of the range 
riders rode up just at that moment when 
I raised my gun to fire. He opined that 
I could not kill the ’gator with a shot- 
gun. But, just for fun, I pointed the 
left barrel ’gator-way and turned her 
loose. That load tore the whole upper 
part of the skull away, leaving a semi- 
circular hollow as big as your fist. In 
one sense it didn’t kill the ’gator; for 
we dragged him a mile to dry land and 
skinned him while he clawed to the end. 
We cut out his tail from the carcass, and 
that moved. We carted the fragment of 
tail all day in my hunting coat pocket, 
and that night as we fried it, it wiggled 
in the pan! 
Again, I say, this is simple fact. And 
any man who has killed eels or catfish 
will not doubt it. A ’gator is very tena- 
cious of life, but just the same, a charge 
of buckshot fired at close range from a 
modern choke-bored barrel will simply 
plumb ruin any ’gator. It tears a terrific, 
jagged hole right through the tough hide. 
Where my comrade’s buckshot fired at 
the same range were flattened inside the 
skin, these went right on and split even 
the head bones to fragments. 
B ut come back to night shining. Im- 
agine that vast swamp covered with 
weeds and water hyacinths, with 
here and there open, black water. Imag- 
ine mile after mile of everglade, and the 
clear carbide lights shining out in the 
mysterious tropic swamp. Here a mud 
hen scuttles across the light. There a 
sleeping bunch of ducks ; again, herons of 
half a dozen kinds hop sleepily along, 
or a great whooping crane flutters and 
rattles through the beam. Till there, you 
see a big, rose-colored diamond flinging 
back the sparkle of the beams, and 
through the halo of light, what do you 
think that is? Just a floating chip of 
dark wood, with another about eighteen 
inches behind it. That’s all I ever saw 
of a floating ’gator. 
Now turn your best barrel loose, and 
with a mighty roar that reverberates 
through the night and swamp the gun 
speaks out its death note. But all you 
get that night is the splash and threshing 
of a smitten reptile, for he sinks. But 
the magic of the swamp enthralls you. 
Winding in and out, seeing the wild life 
flutter or fly before you. Hearing the 
night sounds, all strange to the unused 
I ear, feeling the mystery and beauty of 
