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fish from this stream this season. An- 
other good stream southeast of Monti- 
cello is Barnum brook. Charles Bar- 
num, the editor of 7he Monticello Re- 
publican-Watchman, lives in this sec- 
tion; the stream runs through his prop- 
erty, upon which he has made a trout 
pond. 
Good bass fishing can be enjoyed in 
White lake, Sackett’s lake, Pleasant 
lake, Dutch pond (about a mile from 
Hurleyville), Black lake and Lake Su- 
perior; also Indian Field lake, near 
Black lake in the town of Bethel. In 
the vicinity of Wurtsboro good pickerel 
fishing will be found in Masten lake, 
Lord’s pond, McKee’s pond, Wolf pond 
and Yankee pond. Pickerel weighing 
eight pounds have been caught in some 
of these lakes. Sackett lake is about 
five miles from Monticello, and is noted 
for its black bass fishing. These fish 
do not come off their beds until about 
the middle of July, and should be caught 
during the months of August and Sep- 
tember. 
All of these lakes contain fish other 
than the species mentioned—perch, cat- 
fish, eels, etc. In ‘‘Merriwold Park,” 
in the town of Forrestburg, where the 
distinguished reformer, Henry George, 
spends the summer season, is De Kay 
pond, where there is good fishing for 
the members of the Park association 
and their friends. 
In addition to these ponds and lakes, 
there are several canal reservoirs 
owned by the Delaware and Hudson 
Canal Company, where the perch and 
pickerel fishing is very good. 
The County of Sullivan, perhaps, ex- 
cels almost any other county for par- 
tridge shooting. There is scarcely a 
piece of woods of any size where you 
cannot find more or less of this species 
of game. There are excellent reasons 
The American Angler 
why hunting should be good in this 
section. Much of the county is very 
wild, the stony character of the ground 
making it unfit for agricultural pur- 
poses. At one time it was covered 
with hemlock trees. As already stated, 
they have been cut down by the farm- 
ers who owned the land for the sake of 
the bark, which was sold to the tan- 
neries, which have moved to other sec- 
tions where there is a better supply of 
this necessary article. As soon as the 
bark was sold, the trees were sent to 
the saw-mill, or cut up for cord-wood. 
Since then the land has been left to 
itself. Gradually there has grown upon 
it a thick covering of underbrush and 
small trees. This makes the very best 
sort of covering for birds and all small 
game. In fact, in some place the cov- 
ering is so dense and thick that the 
hunter, at some seasons of the year, 
finds it impossible to get at the game. 
There are many sections of woods 
where you cannot reach the partridge 
until November. Then they will come 
up tothe openings on the edge of the 
woods, and you can get at them. 
Bear and deer are found in the towns 
of Mamakating, Forrestburg, High- 
land, Cumberland, Bethel, Neversink, 
Rockland, and even in the Town of 
Thompson, in which the county seat is 
Situated, they are occasionally seen. 
Wild-cats can be found in nearly all 
sections of the county. They can, of 
course, be killed at any time, but they 
are usually hunted during the winter 
season, when there is snow on the 
ground. There is a bounty of $1.500n 
each wild-cat killed. They are usually 
found in swamps and around the ledge 
of rocks, and are hunted with hounds. 
Rabbits and foxes are plentiful, in 
fact the supply of both is entirely too 
large to please the farmer. Many rab- 
