GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 47 



Mason City. Good plover and snipe shooting. On the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 and St. Paul Railroad. 



I\[iiidle Grove. Pigeons, fox-squirrels, grouse, quail, ducks and geese. 

 Reached from Peoria. 

 Menard Cotmty— 



Petersbicrgh. On the bottom lands of the Sangamon River are geese, ducks, 

 mallards, blue bills, pintails, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, wood ducks, 

 snipe, quail and grouse. Reached via the Chicago and Alton Railroad. 

 Monroe County — 



Murdoch Lake, twenty-six miles south of St. Louis, affords excellent black, 

 white, and striped bass fishing. The St. Louis and Murdock Lake Club have a 

 club house here. Take hired conveyance from St. Louis, or go via boat to Har- 

 risonville, thence drive to the lake. 



Morgan County — 



Jacksonville. Game is abundant in the vicinity. This is the headquarters of 

 the Audubon Sportsman's Club. Easily accessible by rail. 



Ogle Cotmty— 



Flag-, on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, is three-fourths of a mile 

 from Kite River, where fair fishing, and excellent quail and pinnated grouse 

 shooting will be found. 



Grand Detour. See Dixon, Lee County. 



Rochelle. Pinnated grouse shooting. Reached via the Chicago and Iowa, 

 and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroads. 



Feoria County— 



Peoria. The best grounds for sportsmen are on the Illinois River, twenty-five 

 miles below the city. See Mason County. 



Perry County— 



Die Quoin on the Illinois Central, and the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute 

 Railroads, is a most excellent centre for small game. 



Fiatt County— 



Monticello. As a game region, Piatt County will compare favorably with any 

 in the State. Monticello, a good initial point, is reached via the Cliicago and 

 Paducah, or the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad. 



JPtfce Cotmty- 



Rockport. Geese, brant, ducks, pinnated and ruffed grouse, woodcock and 

 quail. Reached via the Quincy, Alton and St. Louis Railroad. 



St. C'aiv County— 



Lebanon. Quail, pinnated grouse, mallards, teal and snipe. Reached via the 

 Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. 



ScJiuyler County — 



Bluff City. Dickerson's Lake abounds in deer, ducks and brant. It is one 

 of the best localities in the State for the above game. Smith's Lake, about three 

 miles from Bluffs, Scott County, affords excellent duck shooting. Quail are abun- 

 dant. Ttie Bluff House, kept by Col. Waterhouse, a thorough sportsman, affords 

 excellent quarters for the sportsman. 



Scott County— 



Reached via the Toledo, Wabash 



Tasetvell County— 



Pekin. Good woodcock shooting in the vicinity of the Illinois Railroad. The 

 shooting grounds of the Illinois River are easily accessible. See Mason County. 

 Reached by rail from Chicago, Indianapolis, and other points. 



Vermillion County — 



Danville. Pinnated grouse on the prairie ; bass fishing in the rivers. Reached 

 via the Chicago, Danville, and Vincennes, and other railroads. 



