his numbers be thinned out to a safe 
margin, in the interests of game and 
scng birds. 
Red fox, No. 8, is capable of great 
destruction to hares, rabbits and game 
birds. In a country thickly populated 
with foxes, it is rare that a tramp 
afield will not reveal the tell-tale ring 
of grouse or pheasant feathers that 
indicates a fox kill. The cunning and 
sagacity of Red fox are well known 
and many are the tricks by means of 
which he keeps his fluffy pelt intact. 
There is little danger of thinning his 
ranks to an alarming extent—rather 
more danger of allowing him to get the 
upper hand, to the destruction of useful 
wild things. 
No. 9 is the predatory domestic cat, 
than which no more relentless game 
and song bird enemy exists. When 
Felis domestica leaves the hearth of 
her master or mistress, her reason for 
being ceases. The erstwhile purring, 
contented cat becomes a reverted hunt- 
ing creature, possessed with all the 
native cunning, patience and cruelty of 
her generations of wild ancestors. It 
is doubtful if, size for size, the average 
bay lynx or wild cat wreaks as much 
havoc among wild creatures as does the 
renegade Tom or Tabby. 
The remedy for this evil is the shoot- 
ing of every cat one meets in the fields 
and woodlands, and the strict surveil- 
lance of one’s own household pet. 
Recollections of My Fifty Years’ 
Hunting and Fishing 
An interesting collection of sporting 
memoirs by William B. Mershon, en- 
titled, “Recollections of My Fifty Years 
Hunting and Fishing,” has recently 
been published by the Stratford Com- 
pany of Boston, Mass. 
The hunting stories begin before the 
author was old enough to shoot, and 
they describe the abundance of quail 
and wild turkeys in Michigan at that 
time. There are stories of deer-hunting 
parties in the olden days, quail-shoot- 
ing, the dance of the sandhill crane, 
wild-fowl and goose-shooting on the 
Dakota prairies, Sora rail and wild- 
pigeon shooting. 
From the standpoint of the angler, 
this book will be of considerable inter- 
est and value. The history of the in- 
troduction of the first brook trout in 
Michigan waters is especially interest- 
ing. There is also much information 
about grayling and salmon fishing. 
The book, which sells for $3.50, is 
profusely illustrated and would make a 
valuable adidtion to a sporting library. 
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