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 Fishing and
 Shooting Sketches

 BY
 GROVER CLEVELAND

 Illustrated by
 HENRY S. WATSON

 NEW YORK
 THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
 1906




 COPYRIGHT, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO.
 COPYRIGHT, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, BY THE INDEPENDENT.
 COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY THE PRESS PUBLISHING CO.
 COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE COUNTRY CALENDAR.
 COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY.

 Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England.

 _All Rights Reserved._

 THE OUTING PRESS
 DEPOSIT, N. Y.




 [Illustration: From Copyright Photo, by Pach.
                      Yours truly
                         Grover Cleveland]




 CONTENTS


                                                  PAGE

 THE MISSION OF SPORT AND OUTDOOR LIFE              3
 A DEFENSE OF FISHERMEN                            19
 THE SERENE DUCK HUNTER                            49
 THE MISSION OF FISHING AND FISHERMEN              79
 SOME FISHING PRETENSES AND AFFECTATIONS          111
 SUMMER SHOOTING                                  139
 CONCERNING RABBIT SHOOTING                       153
 A WORD TO FISHERMEN                              165
 A DUCK HUNTING TRIP                              179
 QUAIL SHOOTING                                   197




The Mission of Sport and Outdoor Life


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