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[Aug. 8, 1908. 
Building Motor Boa.ts a.i\d 
Managing Gasolene Engines 
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use and care of gas engines should be most carefully 
perused by every individual who operates one. I he book 
is well worth the price asked for it. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
MY SIXTY YEARS ON 
THE PLAINS 
True Pictures of a Vanished Life 
"BILL” HAMILTON 
Appropriately enough W. T. Hamilton, the 
last survivor of the old race of free trappers, 
became the author of one of the best pen pic¬ 
tures of the old life of the plains and moun¬ 
tains ever written. 
No work of fiction offers more adventure, 
more thrills of desperate bravery, heroic endur¬ 
ance and hair breadth escape than this un¬ 
adorned narrative of the life of the old trap¬ 
per and plainsman, the companion of Bill 
Williams, Jim Baker, Carson, Bridges and the 
rest whose names are household words. 
“Sixty Years on the Plains” is all that the 
name signifies and more. It depicts every phase 
of frontier life, hunting, trapping, Indian fight¬ 
ing, the beginnings of Empire building. From 
the store house of sixty years of wonderfully 
full experience, Mr. Hamilton drew the material 
for a book of splendid interest and real value. 
Cloth, Illustrated. 
Postpaid. $1.50 
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EXPERIMENTS WITH ANIMALS. 
An interesting question as to whether wild 
animals are born wild is discussed by a writer 
in "The Nation.” It has been observed that 
in remote districts seldom visited by man, ani¬ 
mals and birds allow approach to a shorter dis¬ 
tance than in places more frequented; but it 
has been remarked that there is always a cer¬ 
tain distance which an animal or a bird fixes 
for itself as a zone of safety. The writer some 
years ago experimented with a view of dis¬ 
covering if animals had really an instinctive 
fear of man, and the hare and wild rabbit, being 
the most timorous of our native animals, were 
selected for the purpose in view. Young hares 
brought up and made familiar with human 
beings did not exhibit the slightest fear of 
them, and young wild rabbits acted in exactly 
the same manner. It is true that both animals 
showed their great natural timidity in the pres¬ 
ence of unfamiliar sounds, places or smells, but 
there was no indication that there was any in- 
bred fear of man. 
Still more remarkable was the fact that the 
young rabbits showed no instinctive fear of a 
dog when made familiar with it from the be¬ 
ginning. What is the explanation? The writer 
thinks that the attitude of wild creatures to man 
and enemies in general is not the result of in¬ 
stinct, but the average result of long accumu¬ 
lated experience in the past, which is taught to 
the young of every generation. The effective¬ 
ness of this tuition may be witnessed any spring 
day in our town squares in the case of the Lon¬ 
don house sparrow. When the young sparrows 
first fluter from the nest they are almost tame, 
but if we endeavor to approach them there 
comes instantaneously the loud jar of warning 
notes from the watchful cock sparrow, causing 
immediate flight in the young. . Ihis is con¬ 
stantly repeated during the first few days, until 
the young birds have acquired a knowledge of 
the exact distance beyond which, in the average 
opinion of the sparrow world, it is not con¬ 
sidered safe to allow man to approach. This 
is no doubt the explanation of the remarkable 
facts of wild life as they may be observed in 
all parts of the world. 
A PLEA FOR UNIFORM FISHING LAWS. 
The contention at Marinette over the seizure 
of the nets of Wisconsin fishermen by Michigan 
game wardens is evidence that there is need of 
uniformity in fishing regulations and harmony 
of action in that regard between the States 
bordering on the Great Lakes. The laws of 
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota ought, to 
be uniform so far as the regulation of fishing 
in Lakes Michigan and Superior are concerned, 
as each of these States is interested in the im¬ 
portant matter of perpetuating food fish. Michi¬ 
gan has a longer shore line on the lake of that 
name than has Wisconsin, and also a stretch of 
shore line on Lake Superior. Wisconsin also 
has fishing coasts on both lakes; but Minnesota 
has riparian rights only along Lake Superior. 
However, regardless of length of shore line, the 
inhabitants of all three States, are interested in 
the protection of food fish, which are no longer 
as plentiful as formerly, owing to unwise and 
indiscriminate fishing. 
Unsuccessful effort has been made to estab¬ 
lish uniformity in the hunting and fishing laws 
of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, but 
failure should only stimulate those who are ad¬ 
vocating the wished-for consummation to con¬ 
tinue their efforts until success is achieved. The 
United States and Canada deem the fishing of 
the lakes of sufficient importance to enter into 
treaty agreements in regard thereto. Therefore, 
why should not the States take even more 
effective action by harmonizing their fishing 
laws in every respect?—Milwaukee Wisconsin. 
NEARLY ENOUGH. 
“Papa, I am saving up to buy a fishing rod I 
saw in a window yesterday.” “Well, my boy, 
have you enough?” “Oh, yes, pa, almost; the 
rod costs twelve shillings and sixpence,, and I 
have saved sevenpence ha’penny. You’ll give 
me the rest, won’t you, pa?”—Fishing Gazette. 
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THE SUMMER HOME OF TO-MORROW 
Houseboats and Houseboating 
ALBERT BRADLEE HUNT 
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