2 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Bullocje County— 



A large part of the county is covered by extensive pine forests which are full 

 of game. The Montgomery and Eufaula, and the Mobile and Girard Railroads, 

 intersect at Union Springs, where hotel accommodations may be found, and from 

 which the game centres are accessible. 



Clierokee County — 



Sioneivall^ on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad, and Centre, reached from 

 Greenwood on the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, are initial points for sport 

 in this county. Bears, deer, wild turkeys, quail, and other game are abundant. 

 The country is mountainous, and partly covered with pine forests. 



Choctaw County — 



Lies between the Tombigbee River and the Mississippi line. The county town 

 is Butler, which lies a little to the north and east of the centre of the county. 

 The nearest railroad and telegraph station is at Vork, Sumter County, distant 

 thirty-eight miles. There are several other towns of very moderate size in Choc- 

 taw County, the principal of which are Bladen Springs, Mount Sterling, and 

 Tompkinsville. 



The game consists of deer, bears, an occasional wild-cat, or catamount— rac- 

 coons, opossums, rabbits, squirrels, wild turkeys, ducks, quail (partridge), geese, 

 snipe, woodcock, and many others. Deer and turkeys are particularly abundant, 

 and with but little trouble one can have rare sport. 



There are several small lakes throughout the county, and these are full of 

 fisk. The river contains many varieties in abundance, including the white, or 

 channel cat, and the buffalo. 



The hunting grounds are very uneven, broken and hilly. 



The routes most favorable for getting into this country are, from the North 

 and East, via Montgomery, where you take the Western Alabama Railroad to 

 Selma ; thence the Alabama Central'to Demopolis, or, if the boat be not there, to 

 York, where a team can be hired to Butler. If the boat be at Demopolis, stop 

 there, and go down the river (Tombigbee) to Tuskohoma, where a conveyance 

 can be procured for Mount Sterling or Butler, the former distant four, and the 

 latter eight miles. 



From the west go to Meridian, Mississippi, forty miles from Butler, and take 

 the cars thence to York, or hire a carriage to Butler. 



The most pleasant way is from the South. Go to Mobile, and there take the 

 boat to Bladen Springs Landing (Bladen itself is four miles from the river ; con- 

 veyance thither can alwavs be procured from Mr. Heron, who keeps the landing), 

 or go on to Tuskohoma Landing, as before. At Tuskohoma, Mr. Henry Gaines, 

 the proprietor, will give every information and afford every facility to the visitor. 



If you stop at Bladen, Mr. James T. Staples will show the sportsman plenty 

 of game, and take pleasure in making his stay agreeable. 



At Bladen there is a hotel. If the visitor goes to Butler he will have to depend 

 upon the kindness of the people. There are some who keep what is called a 

 " house of entertainment, where the traveler can obtain food and lodging. But 

 with the exception of Mr. Spangenberg, no one entertains except during court. 

 After a few days the sportsman will probably be taken in hand by the members 

 of the Hound Dog Club, all of whom will take pleasure in making the stranger 

 comfortable. The country is very uneven, broken by steep ridges and hills. 



Clarke County— 



By taking boat to any one of the river towns on the Tombigbee or Alabama 

 River and then striking inland, the sportsman cannot fail of finding game iu abun- 

 dance. Deer, bears, wild-cats, raccoons, opossums, turkeys, ducks, geese, snipe, 

 woodcock, rabbits and squirrels will be found in more or less abundance with 

 white, channel, cat, and buflFalo fish in the rivers and their tributary streams. 



Colbert County — 



Saui/i Florence, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, is near the Muscle 

 Shoals, famed for their wild-fowl shooting. [See Lauderdale County.] Deer, tur- 

 keys, and quail are abundant through the county. 



Caneeuh County — 



Evergreen, on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, is a good initial point 

 fox the sportsman. Deer, turkeys, quail, small game and wild fowl shooting 

 may be found in fair cumbers. 



