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FOREST AND STREAM 
NOV. 22 , I 9 I 3 . 
THE NARRATIVE OF A SPORTSMAN 
INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 
EDGAK F. RANDOLPH 
A series of hunting reminiscences of rare charm for the sportsman and for the wider circle which delight in true 
tales of outdoor life. With none of the high coloring and exaggeration which give a false note to so many hunting 
stories, Mr. Randolph's boob is never lacking in interest. 
He covers the field of sport with the rifle, east and west, drawing a vivid word picture of life in the open, subordin¬ 
ating his own exploits to the main incidents of outdoor experience, giving much valuable Information on camp life, 
hunting and habits of wild game, and continually delighting the reader with the freshness of his viewpoint. 
This book will strike a sympathetic chord in the memory of every big-game hunter of experience, and will prove 
of real value to the novice who is planning an excursion into the wild. 
Cloth, 110 pages. Richly illustrated. Postpaid, SI.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. 22 Thames Street, NEW YORK 
Fish and Game and the Importance of Their 
Conservation 
By WALTER R. WELCH 
Fish and Game Commissioner, Santa Cruz Coun¬ 
ty, Calif. 
C ALIFORNIA stands today within easy dis¬ 
tance of vast multitudes of people, of 
great cities, institutions of learning, cen¬ 
ters of manufacture and art, all of which, even 
in their present magnitude and state of over con¬ 
gestion, are yet in their infancy, and the day is 
not far distant when this state will become the 
objective ^oint of millions of homeseekers. These 
will comprise all classes, from the man who 
labors for a daily wage to him whom fortune’s 
favor has placed above that necessity. And these 
will come. Why? Because no other state in the 
Union can offer, now nor for the future, the 
varied attractions California is able to present 
to the home, health, or pleasure seeker. Our ac¬ 
cessibility to the whole world, our productive val¬ 
leys, our beautiful timber clothed and mineral 
producing mountains, our unexcelled climate and 
pure native mineral water; our grand and diver¬ 
sified scenery, and our many great rivers, bays, 
streams, and lakes, all of which now contain 
many varieties of trout and other food and game 
fish, constitute but a few of the attractions to be 
enumerated on behalf of the state, and one of 
the most important of any that may be advanced 
is our supply of fish and game. 
One of the greatest assets of any state is its 
fish and game. Today we have a reasonable 
amount of deer, bear, duck, dove, quail, grouse, 
etc. Our waters contain many varieties of food 
fish, but many of these great gifts of nature will 
soon—only too soon—depart from us unless care¬ 
fully and at once protected; but with prompt pro¬ 
tection and under the strict enforcement of fish 
and game laws the present condition may be 
steadily maintained, and even improved, and 
many new varieties of fish and game introduced. 
RECREATION OF THE TOILER. 
California is destined to become the mecca 
of all true American sportsmen who adventure 
afield for sport and recreation. Why? Because 
all such are lovers of the best in nature’s gift, 
and all of nature’s best is here, and while we are 
offering opportunities to the worker, investment 
to capital, and every inducement to manufactur¬ 
ing and business enterprise, is it not a matter for 
our concern that we strive to preserve and im- 
orove conditions that will eventually attract to 
us men of every walk and standing of society? 
There is a fascination in doing; a satisfac¬ 
tion in attainment at the price of physical or 
mental effort, and a quiet pleasure to be found 
in the orderly progress of one’s daily pursuits. 
To the mechanic there is an allurement in the 
whirr of spinning steel, the plunge of a mighty 
piston or the vicious hiss of striving steam. The 
artist gives instant appreciation to a beautiful 
vista, or to the harmonious blending of form 
and color. To the farmer the trill of the meadow 
lark in spring time sings a message to which 
other ears are deaf; the noonday sun of mid¬ 
summer waxes eloquent with promise, and the 
fruitful fall brings gladness to his heart. He 
wants no more. But the pleasures to be found 
in one’s occupation, the pride of accomplishment 
to be obtained from one’s vocational pursuits, is 
but a compensatory feature, relieving in a meas¬ 
ure the drive of necessity or convention. The 
recreations of the toiler, however, are ever de¬ 
termined by his inclinations, and invariably are 
far removed, in both environment and nature, 
from anything even remotely suggesting the rou¬ 
tine features of his occupation, and it is in the 
play time interests of all who seek the woods, 
and streams, and shores for relief from the daily 
grind that my pen, and voice, and effort shall 
always be devoted. 
DELIGHTS OF THE OUT OF DOORS. 
Be such an one mechanic, artist, or farmer, 
he is red blooded and a man; a man who stoops 
to listen—and not vainly—for the pulse beats of 
nature’s heart; who lives for a too brief period, 
as was lived life’s span in the good days when 
Nimrod’s name went forth as a mighty hunter; 
lives as a man and a sportsman. Not a wanton 
slaughterer of fish and game; not a heartless 
murderer of God’s innocent creatures; not a 
