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shooting may be had. Sportsmen can address John 

 Horton at North Eastham for accommodations. At 

 South Wellfleet there is good wild fowl shooting. Mr. 

 Charles Paine will accommodate sportsmen. Truro is 

 a hard country in which to hunt, on account of being 

 very hilly and sandy. There are some good quail 

 covers there, and a number of foxes. In Bridgewater is 

 Nipponeckett pond, where a great many duck of many 

 varieties are killed annually. 



The Plymouth woods in Plymouth have long been 

 known to sportsmen. There are deer, fox, and squir- 

 rel in considerable numbers in these woods, and in the 

 many ponds in this neighborhood a great many black 

 duck are annually killed. Duck resort to the many 

 inland waters of this state, but noticeably to the ponds 

 of Plymouth county. An eminent authority states that 

 of the twenty-eight species of duck attributed to New 

 England, all have been noted within this county during 

 the past few years. In the southern part of this county 

 are Assowomsett pond, Long pond, and a group known 

 as the Lakeville ponds and Monmouth pond. A few 

 miles south of Plymouth is said to be one of the best 

 places for wild fowl shooting in New England. In 

 Kingston and Halifax is a group of ponds, Neponsett 

 pond and Silver lake being famous for goose shooting. 

 At Chiltonville one may generally find good wild fowl 

 shooting in the season ; there is also fair quail and 

 grouse shooting. 



The town of Chatham has long been known as a 

 resort for sportsmen. There is some quail shooting in 

 the town proper, but the great Chatham flats are the 

 Mecca toward which sportsmen turn during the shore- 



