GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 1 9 



Tulare. Splendid duck and goose shooting on Lake Tulare. Every variety 

 of these birds known on the coast, congregate here. Reached as above. The 

 shooting is done over decoys, and from boats concealed in the tule, a broad belt 

 of which surround the lake. 



Ventura County— 



Quail ducks, and sand-hill cranes in great abundance. Deer shooting in the 

 vicinity.' Excellent salmon and trout fishing in Lake Merced. 



Yolo County — 



Knight's Landing:. Deer, ducks, geese, rabbits, beavers ; salmon, sturgeon, 

 perch. Reached via the California Pacitic Railroad. Hotel $1.50, teams $2 to 

 $3.50. Country prairie, with mountains twenty miles east. 



Yiiba County— 



MarysvillA. Ducks, geese, snipe, curlew, quail, hares, and rabbits in great 

 abundance 1 salmon, sturgeon and perch in Yuba and Feather Rivers, and Lake 

 Como. Reached via the Oregon Division of the Central Pacific Railroad. Board 

 at hotel $2.50; teams $6. Rolling country. r, . , 



Wheatland. Wild geese, ducks, snipe, quail and other game. Reached as 

 above. Hotel $1. Wheatland is in the Sacramento Valley, with the Sierra foot- 

 hills seven to ten miles distant. 



COLORADO. 



Colorado has an area of 104,500 square miles with a popula- 

 tion of 39,864. The State is traversed near its centre by the 

 Rocky Mountains, which chain forms the watershed of the con- 

 tinent. The parks among these mountains are famed for their 

 romantic scenery, and are taking their place among the popular 

 summer resorts of the country. These mountains and parks 

 abound in many varieties of large and small game, and the exten- 

 sive plains and rolling prairies which make up the eastern and 

 western portions of the State, are still the feeding grounds of the 

 buffalo, antelope, and innumerable wild fowl. Colorado is rap- 

 idly developing her railroad facilities and access may be had to 

 any part of the State where the sportsman will find abundant 

 employment for both rod and gun. 

 Arapahoe County — 



Denver. There are many inviting fields open to the sportsman about Denver. 

 To the west, accessible by rail and wagon, are the Rocky Mountain Parks, 

 abounding in many varieties of game. Sixteen miles from Denver on the South 

 Park Railroad, at Morrison Springs, (Evergreen House) Beach Creek, offers 

 excellent fronting. The Platte and Cache-la-Poudre, are also good fishing 

 streams. Twenty miles up Cherry Creek, which flows through Denver, will be 

 found great numbers of pinnated grouse, quail, and large jack rabbits. Still 

 farther up this stream are grouse and ducks. Along the base of the mountains 

 are deer and bears, and on the plains, to the west, antelope, elk and buffalo. 

 Twenty miles south of Denver is Parker's, a favorite resort for shooting pinnated 

 grouse. Here the game are found in gulches or water courses, and when routed 

 out from these, are shot on the open prairie. Wild geese and turkeys are found 

 in great numbers within a short drive from the town. Denver is reached via the 



