42 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Aftftva County — 



TAe Three Buites are good hunting grounds for the mountain game common in 

 this region and mentioned below. Reached from Soda Springs or Boise City. 

 The northern part of the county is composed of mountain ridges, among which 

 game will be found in large quantities. 



Hoise County— 



Qiiartzburgh. Deer, bear, grouse, mountain trout, white, and red fish, sal- 

 mon trout. Route as above. 



Idaho City. Elk, deer, mountain sheep, bear ; mountain and salmon tiout, red 

 and white fish. Reached via Central Pacific Railroad to Kelton, thence stage 

 three hundred miles. Board $3 ; guides $4 ; teams $8. 



Payette Lake contains red fish. Parties are fitted out at Idaho City for fishing 

 and hunting expeditions to the lake. 



IdaJio County — 



This county, extending east and west from Oregon to Montana, is a grand 

 field for hunting and fishing. The county is mountainous, and for the most part 

 unsettled. The game found here comprises bears, wolves, panthers, wild-cats, 

 foxes of several species, moose, buffalo, on the Payette Vallev prairie, elk, black- 

 tailed and mule deer, antelopes. Rocky Mountain sheep, ducks, geese and many- 

 other kinds of water fowl, with other game birds in great variety and abundance, 

 and the fresh water fish common to the territory. There will also be found excel- 

 lent trapping in all the streams. Elk City at the base of the Bitter Root Moun- 

 tains is a good place for headquarters. 



Lahtoah County — 



Moose are found in the Cceur d'Alene Mountains. Sage hens are abundant 

 throughout the county. 



Oneida County — 



Fort Bonneville is a good starting point for elk, mountain sheep, antelope, 

 bear and deer shooting. Quail, and grouse are abundant. Mountain and salmou 

 trout, and white fish furnish good fishing. 



Soda S/>rings^ on Bear River, is in the centre.of excellent hunting and fishing. 

 The game is abundant in the mountains south and east. Bear River contains 

 grayling, and the mountain streams are filled with mountain trout and other vari- 

 eties of game fish. 



Shoshone County— 



The mountains which form the eastern boundary of this county are full of large 

 game. Go to Pierce City where guides will be found. 



ILLINOIS. 



The area of the State is 55,410 square miles, the population is 

 2,537,891. The surface of the country may be described as a 

 gently inclined plane, sloping- from Lake Michigan, on the north, 

 toward the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. An elevated plateau 

 extends from Wisconsin into the northwestern part of the State, 

 where it is manifested in bluffs and hills. Another range of hills 

 in the extreme southern section crosses the State from Grand 

 Tower, to Shawneetown. With the exception of these eleva- 

 tions, the State is level, consisting- for the most part, of prairie 

 lands, dotted here and there with islands of oak and other forest 

 trees. The railroad system of Illinois is remarkable for its per- 



