FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. 19, 1908. 
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"Resorts for Sportsmen. 
'Resorts for Sportsmen. 
li MECKLENBURG HOTEL and HUNTING PRESERVES, 
CHASE CITY. VIRGINIA. 
The preserves are second to none in the United States. Why? 
FIRST: Owing to the diligent care of the owners, there is an abundance of game. 
SECOND: The last Virginia Legislature passed a law prohibiting the sale or purchase of birds thus eliminat¬ 
ing the pot hunter. 
THIRD: This preserve contains 30.0C0 acres of land, where deer, turkeys, quail and rabbits abound. 
FOURTH: A fine stable of elegant horses, riding, driving and 1 1 ained hunters, as well as a full corps of guides. 
FIFTH: The Mecklenburg Hotel is modern in all its appointments, and is one of the most delightful 
Southern Winter Resorts in the entire country. 
SIXTH: Long-distance telephone and telegraphic communication in the building. 
SEVENTH: Cuisine unexcelled. 
EIGHTH: The best nine hole golf course in the South. 
NINTH: Fine kennels of bird-dogs for hire or sale, reasonably. 
TENTH: Because the Mecklerburg pack of fox hourds is ihe best in the land, and with them you can 
have an old-fashioned Virginia Fox Hunt on the Mecklenburg preserves. Fine country ior riding. 
Everything First-Class. Prices Moderate. Write for Booklet. 
New York Office, 1122 Broadway. Telephone, 1872 Madison Square. 
TARPON FISHING 
NOW ON AT 
Tampico, Mexico 
Plenty of "Tarpon in the Panuco River. 
Rods, Reels, Guides and Boats sup¬ 
plied by 
HOTEL SOUTHERN 
Address, Tampico, Mexico, for 
rates for Outfit and Rooms. 26 
Ledge 
Tin Ideal Winter Residence 
Quail abundant in easy walking dis¬ 
tance! Specially recommended to Ladies 
and Gentlemen who desire a mild climate, 
choice accommodations and a luxurious 
table. References given with pleasure. 
Address 
GEN’L FRANK A. BOND, 
Buies, North Carolina 
BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 
Big-game hunting parties thoroughly and economically 
equipped. 
ELEPHANT. LION. BUFFALO. 
ANTELOPE. RHINOCEROS. 
Tell us when you want to start, and we do the rest. 
Write for booklet to NEWLAND, TARLTON & CO., 
LTD. (head office, Nairobi, B. E. Africa), 166 Piccadilly, 
London, England. Cables: Wapagazi; London. 
Having some 25,000 acres of exclusive shooting privileges, 
a number of trained quail, wild turkey and deer dogs, 
competent guides, first-class accommodations and livery. 
I am offering to the sportsman, accommodations, hunt¬ 
ing lands, guides and trained dogs for the hunting of 
quail, wiM turkey and deer, taking charge of every ar¬ 
rangement from their stepping off the train at my place 
to their departure from same. A few well-broken quail 
dogs for sale. Northern references given. Game: quail, 
deer and wild turkeys. Open season, Nov. 1 to Feb. 1. 
For further information address DR. H. L. ATKINS. 
Boydton, Va. 
DUCKS. SNIPE. QUAIL AND 
RABBIT ON LONG ISLAND. 
Live duck decoys. License to gun on club grounds. 
Good accommodations. Write for dates. G. CAKY 
SMITH, Cupsoque Hotel, opposite Center Moriches, L.I. 
The Monte Vista Log House. 
In the Heart of the Forest. 
Plenty of game and good fishing. Terms 
on application. Telegraph and P. O. address 
Clermont, Florida. 
BAGLEY FARM, 
Bagley’s Mills, Va.. La Crosse Station. 
Philadelphia Office, 444 S. 43d Street. 
We offer sportsmen shooting privileges on 20,000 acres 
of undoubtedly the finest game lands in the South. This 
territory lies in the midst of a section 40 miles square, 
untouched by railways, consisting principally of original 
growth woods. Deer, turkey, foxes, rabbits and especially 
quail, are plentiful on this land. Best accommodations, 
trained dogs, horses and guides furnished. Write for 
booklet. 
Geese and duck gunning, Oct. to Jan. Quail, partridge, 
and rabbits, Nov. to Jam Guides, boats and decoys 
furnished. Best South Bay shooting. 
H. J. ROGERS, Eastport, L. I. 
The Leading 
Resort 
of the South 
Pinehurst 
North Carolina 
There is no spot which offers 
such varied attractions for 
out-of-door recreation. 
Livery of Fine Saddle Horses 
THREE GOLF COURSES 
Two of eighteen holes; one of nine holes, kept 
in the pink of condition. 
SIX TENNIS COURTS 
40,000 Acre Shooting Preserve 
The Best of Quail Shooting. 
Large Kennel of Trained Dogs. Guides, etc. 
FOUR SPLENDID HOTELS 
of varied prices, under one management. 
No Consumptives Received at Pinehurst 
Easily reached via Seaboard Air Line. Through 
Pullman Service. Send for literature. 
PINEHURST GENERAL OFFICE 
PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA, 
or Leonard Tufts, Owner, Boston, Mass. 
We will insert your Hotel or Camp Advertisement 
in a space of this size (one inch) at the following 
rates: One time, $2.10; three months (13 insertions), 
$18.20; six months, (26 insertions), $35.00; one year 
(52 insertions), $60.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM. NEW YORK. 
When writing say you saw the adv. in 
"Forest and Stream.” 
RIRfl-l ARE— For Christmas 
Reduced facsimile of E. J. Sawyer's drawing from nature of 
a drumming Ruffed Grouse. The original, reproduced by photo¬ 
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HPELL ns to whom you wish us to send Bird-Lore for you during 
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A valuable present, easily made, whether to yourself or a friend. 
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BIRD-LORE 
The MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY 
(Edited by 
FRANK M. CHAPMAN) 
IBCJants and E,jcchanges. 
SPORTSMEN! HUNTERS! TRAPPERS! 
I will pay good prices for all kinds of live wild water- 
fowl, either wing-tipped or trapped birds 
G D TTT T FV Darien Con 
WANTED 
With some capital and my personal service. I want a 
living interest in some well established gun or sporting 
goods house. Reference given. “H. B.,” Box 44, 
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A Hero of Ticonderoga. 
By Rowland E. Robinson. Cloth, 187 pages. 
Portrait of the author. Price, $1.00. 
The story of stirring events of T7 which culminated in 
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under the command of Ethan Allen, and guided into the 
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Contents: Coming Into the Wilderness. The New 
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Grants. The Evergreen Sprig. The Yorkers. The Judgment 
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Gabriel's Good Service. Leaders and Guide. Ticonderoga. 
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