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Woodcraft Angling Th/s most del/ghtful of outdoor pastimes requires for its enjoyment no elaborate or expensive paraphernalia: a rod cut on the spot, a cork float, an ordinary hook baited with angie- worm, grasshopper, grub, may-fly, or any of a dozen other handy lures, will answer for most occasions. At the same t/me, the joys of fishing w/II often be increased if one possesses and learns how to use a light, jointed rod, with reel, fine line, and artificial baits. The necessary equipment for sdentific angling is so l/ght and compact that it should form a part of the outfit of every one who spends much time in the open air. It should be the invariable pract/ce of anglers to return to the water a?l uninjured fish that are not needed for food or study. "It is not all of fishing to fish," and no thoughtful boy who has the interests of the country at heart, and no lover of nature, will go fishing merely for the purpose of catching the longest possible string of fish, thus placing him.?elf in the class of anglers properly known as "fish hogs." Special Servlce by Boy Scouts Valuable service may be rendered by boy scouts in all parts of the country by bringing to the attention of the proper state, county, or municipal authorities matters affecting the welfare of the fishes. Among the subjects that should be reported to fish commitloners , fish wardens, or local legal officers are: (x) All cases noticed where fish are being killed by dynamite, poisons, or other illegal aad improper means. (:) Threatened destruction of fish by the drying of streams or ponds. (3) The existence of obstructions to the pasaage of fish on their w?y to their ?oawnlng grounds. All dams in streams in which are migratory f?h ahould have fish-ways or f?h-ladder?. Aquarium William l. zlamt $toa?ll, M.D. Every boy should have an aquarium. The aquarium will give ten times as much pleasure as annoyance, and the longer tithe you have one undisturbed the greater will be its revelations. A simple tank can be made from a large water bottle or demijohn. File a line around the top and carebally break it off. For the back yard, cut a paint barrel in two or coat tub inside with spar varnLgh. Anything that will hold a few gallons of water, two inches of dean sand, and ?ome water plant? wifi be a suitable home for fish and other creatures. A boy hsnd with tools can make a frame, and with plate glass and proper cement construct a large fa, i?.