14 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Napa. City. Deer, wild hog, quail, snipe, ducks and other wild fowl. Reached 

 as above. Hotel $2 ; teams $5 to $8. The country is hilly and mountainous with 

 excellent grounds for camping. 



St. Helena. Black, brown and grizzly bears in the mountains. Deer and 

 quail are very abundant, and there are a few grouse. Reached as above. Hotel 

 $2, private board $6 to |io per week. 



Yountville. Deer, a few bears, quail and rabbits abundant, and good trouting 

 in all the streams. Route as above. 



Nevada County-^ 



Independence Lake is well known among sportsmen as an excellent game cen- 

 tre. Black, cinnamon and grizzly bears, deer, and California lions constitute the 

 large game, while of birds there are great numbers of grouse, mountain quail, 

 ducks and geese. The trapper will here find lynx, wild-cat, fisher, otter, marten, 

 mink, and red cross, silver grey and black foxes. The brooks are filled witii 

 trout, and in the lake the lake trout weigh from eight ounces to a pound. Reached 

 via stage from Truckee, tare $2. The Independence Lake House, J, A. Rhodes, 

 proprietor, furnishes good accommodation at $3 ; boats and tackle free to 

 guests. 



Bronco. Bear, deer, mink, otter, wild-cat ; good trouting. Reached via the 

 Central Pacific Railroad, Board $1 ; guides $3. Camping necessary. The 

 country is mountainous, and heavily timbered. 



Boca. Deer in the hills six miles distant, jack rabbits, quail, grouse, ducks ; 

 trout and other fish in Truckee and Little Truckee Rivers. Independence Lake is 

 fourteen miles distant. Reached via the Central Pacific Railroad. Board $7.50 

 per week ; teams $S per day. This country is mountainous, with pine timber. 



Truckee. Bear, deer, quail, grouse, geese, ducks ; trout, white fish. Reached 

 via Central Pacific Railway. Board $2 to $5, guides $3, boats with boatmen $5, 

 teams $5 to ^10. Truckee is on the river of the same name. Donner Creek, one 

 and one-halt miles distant, Donner Lake three miles. Lake Tahoe fifteen miles, 

 Webber Lake twenty-one miles. Independence Lake twelve miles. See Reno, 

 Nevada. Country hilly and mountainous. 



Prosser Creek. Grizzly and cinnamon bears, deer, grouse, mountain quail ; 

 speckled and salmon trout. Hotel $3. Mountainous country. 



Placer Coxinty— 



Lake Tahoey famous for its trout fishing, is reached via the Central Pacific 

 Railroad toSummit or Truckee, thence stage to Tahoe, on the lake. From Tahoe, 

 an excursion steamer makes the circuit of the lake. There are several good ho- 

 tels, with guides, boats, etc., always to be had. 



New Castle. Deer, quail, rabbit, squirrel, fox and wild-cat. Reached via 

 Central Pacific Railroad. Board $1, $6 per week; teams $8. Hilly country. 



Etnigrant Gap. Deer, cinnamon bear, grouse, quail ; trout and white fish in 

 American and Bear Rivers, and Crystal Lake. Reached via Central Pacific 

 Railroad. Hotel $1 to $1.50. Teams can be procured in summer. Mountainous 

 country. 



Cisco. Bear, deer, fox, grouse, quail. Reached via the Central Pacific Rail- 

 road. Hilly and mountainous country. 



Plumas County — 



Summit. Bear, deer, mountain sheep, grouse, quail ; several varieties of 

 trout. Reached via the Central Pacific Railroad. Board $3. Saddle horses, 

 guides, etc., can be procured. The country is very mountainous. 



Sacramento County — 



Sacramento. There is excellent wild fowl shooting along the river. Twenty 

 miles below the city, a tide slough that heads up in the plains is the resort of 

 great flights of ducks and geese. There are many varieties of the former, includ- 

 ing grey, speckled breasts, mallards, sprigs, widgeons, teal, and others. Ducks 

 are also very abundant on the Marysville road, a short distance from the city. 



San Sernardino County— 



Colton. Grizzly and cinnamon bears in the mountains, deer on the foot-hills, 

 quail, jack rabbits and hares in the valley. Reached via the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad. Hotel $2. For large game camping is desirable. 



