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into a very special summer. Of course, today it is illegal to approach sea mammals as the “powers that be” have decided we are interfering with them and they would rather be left alone. Yeah, right! A YOUNG SPORTSMAN Maple Leaf Club, Family Herald and Weekly Star May 26, 1909 Fred J. Bicknell (15) Barclay Siding, P.O., Ont. Dear Maple Leaves: Although I have been a member of this Club for several years, this is my first letter to the Leaves. I live in New Ontario not far from a couple of lakes, where there is pretty good fishing during the summer months. Big game is not very plentiful around here, but there is good sport for us boys in the fall, shooting partridges and rabbits. In the spring there is a little lake that melts and floods the marsh, and then the fish come up to the surface and are easily caught. If some of the boys do not soon write, the girls will have the Club entirely to themselves. I would like to correspond with members of my own age. Wishing all success to the Club. 172 Freedom to Play ...

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