GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 1 3 



Gabriel Canon, ten miles distant, and ten miles beyond excellent sport may be 

 had with bear, deer, and mountain sheep. Reached via the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad. Hotel §6 per week. For successful sport, camping is preferable. 



Pomniia. Rabbits, quail, ducks and geese on the plains, deer, rabbits and 

 quail among the foot-hdls, and in the mountains grizzly bears, California lions, 

 mountoin sheep, wild-cats, etc. The mountain streams abound in trout. Reached 

 via the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hoard $i to $2 ; teams $4 to $6. Provide 

 camping outfit. 



Santa Monica. Quail in the cafions, snipe and curlew in the lagoons and 

 along the beach. Deer are abundant among the mountains. Railroad connec- 

 tion with Los Angeles. 



The San Gabriel Narrows., reached by rail from San Francisco to Los An- 

 geles, and thence by wagon or saddle horse, is a starting point for those who go 

 to hunt in the Big Pine Mountains, which abound in game of all kinds. 



Marin County — 



Junction. Bears, deer, quail, ducks, snipe ; brook trout and salmon. Reached 

 via the North Pacific Coast Railroad, seventeen miles from San Francisco. 



Nicasio. Cinnamon bear, deer, California lion, wild-cat, coon, fox, squirrel, 

 badger, hare, rabbit, quail, snipe, wild goose, duck, brant ; mountain and salmon 

 trout, salmon. Reached via the North Pacific Coast Railroad, twenty-four miles 

 from San Francisco. The country mountainous. 



Sancclito. Bears, deer, rabbits, quail, ducks: salmon. Six miles from San 

 Francisco, via the North Pacific Coast Railroad. Board $7-15 per week. Guides, 

 boats, etc., to be obtained. Hilly and mountainous country. 



San Rafael. Take steamer from San Francisco to San Rafael, and thence a 

 two or three-mile drive to the grounds. After the rains set in, Suisun Bay, near 

 Martinez, affords capital hunting grounds ; also the neighborhood of Milbrae, on 

 the S. P. R. R. and, in fact, all along the Bay of San Francisco good duck-shoot- 

 ing can be had. There are plenty of ducks about Suisun Bay, Solano County, 

 but most of them are on the inshore lakes, and difficult to gel at. The ducks are 

 principally teal, which resort to the creek below San Rafael in thousands to feed 

 at low tide upon the shrimps and soft crabs left on the flats. Milbrae has a good 

 hotel. 



JHendocino Cotinty — 



Anderson. Bears, deer, quail, geese, ducks; salmon, trout, sturgeon, bass, 

 perch. Reached via San Francisco and Northern Pacific Railroad, or steamer, 

 to Cloverdale, thence stage or hired conveyance. Board $1 ; guides $2 ; teams $4. 



North Forks of the Navarro River. Deer and small game, with good trout 

 fishing. Reached as above to Cloverdale, thence stage to the North Fork House, 

 where comfortable accommodations will be found, $3. The hunting ground is 

 very mountainous and heavily wooded. 



Noyo. Bears, deer, an occasional panther, quail, ducks, cormorants, divers, 

 salmon. Route as above to Cloverdale, thence a stage ride of two days. The 

 Noyo House, John Byrnes, $2, boats free to guests. The wood-cutters will act 

 as guides. 



Me r ceil County — 



Merced. In the San Joaquin Valley, antelope, ducks, geese and snipe ; 

 towards the Yoseniite Valley, bears, deer, quail, grouse. Trout, salmon, perch 

 and pike are found in the mountain streams and in the Merced and San Joaquin 

 Rivers. Reached via the Central Pacific Railroad. Hotels $2 to $3 ; guides 

 $2, double team and driver $16, four horse team with driver $25. 



Plainsberg. Antelope, ducl<s, geese, quail, hares, rabbits. Reached via the 

 Visalia Division of the Central Pacific Railroad. Board $1 to $1.50 ; teams $4. For 

 good sport camp out. Prairie country. 



Mono County — 



Bridgeport. Deer, quail, swans, wild geese, and ducks of all varieties. 

 Reached via the California Pacific Railroad. Hotel $3 ; boats $1. 



Napa County— 



Calistoga. Bear, deer, quail, brook and salmon trout. Reached via the Cali- 

 fornia Pacific Railroad. Board $6 per week; teams $6; boats, etc., to be 



