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wagon to the hunting ground, though obliged to make many detours to avoid 

 swamps and sloughs. 



JCoscitisho County — 



Syracuse. Great numbers of geese and ducks congregate at Cedar and Nine- 

 Mile Lakes. These waters abound in bass, pickerel and pike. Reached via the 

 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Provide camping equipments. Guides and boats 



$2 to $2.50. King and Sloane are good guides. 



TjoTie County — 



Crown Point. Pinnated grouse, quail and wild fowl shooting. Reached via 

 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad. 



Lowell. Pinnated grouse, quail and wild fowl shooting. The route is via the 

 Jefferson, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. 



Sheffield. An excellent headquarters for shooting on the Calumet grounds. 

 Reached via the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. There is a good 

 hotel, with boats, etc. 



Toleston. Excellent wild fowl shooting, with snipe, pinnated grouse and 

 woodcock. Reached via the Michigan Central, and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne 

 and Chicago Railroad. The Toleston Club of Chicago, has a club house here. 

 Good boats, etc. 



La Borte County— 



The Kankakee Bridge is crossed by the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago 

 Railroad ; there are four club houses at this place, Crawfordsville, West, Wil- 

 liamson, and Hayden, and in the sliooting season there will be from twenty to 

 thirty hunters stopping at these houses, who make it pretty lively for the birds. 

 As a general thing each member has his own boat, decoys, etc. This point is 

 about ten miles from English Lake (see StarK County) by river, and half that dis- 

 tance by across-country. 



Davis Station, on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, fifty miles 

 from Chicago, affords excellent sliooting. Ducks, geese, grouse, quail, snipe and 

 woodcocli. Grafton Wells will act as guide. Boats, etc. Provide camping 

 outfit. 



Hanna Station. Excellent shooting. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi- 

 cago Railroad. No hotels. 



Marshall County — 



Piymoicth. The pinnated grouse shooting here aflFords fine sport. Reached 

 via the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. 



Newton County — 



Beaver Lake is a great resort for mallards, pintails, and green-winged teal, 

 also geese, snipe, prairie fowl, and rabbits. 



Jiohle County — 



The Coicnties of Noble, Stenhen, and Whitley contain numerous small lakes, 

 varying from fifty to three hundred acres, which abound in fish and wild ducks. 

 Offish, the principal varieties are the black bass, rock bass, pike and pickerel. A 

 favorite mode of taking these fish, in vogue among the Hoosiers, is by spearing 

 at night, and the season commences as soon as the lakes are clear of ice, and con- 

 tinues until the " splatter dock " shoots up its long stem and broad leaf from the" 

 bottom, in which the fish take refuge from their nocturnal enemy, the spearer. 

 Noble County is intersected by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and 

 officers of the trains will furnish information as to the best game localities. 



Rome City. Good duck shooting, and a variety of fishing. The lake is well- 

 stocked with pike, pickerel, croppies, ring perch, blue-gills, etc. Reached via 

 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, thirty-five miles north of Fort Wayne. 

 The Lake Side Hotel furnishes comfortable accommodations for summer visitors. 

 Boats can be obtained at tlie hotel. Several islands in the lake afford excellent 

 camping grounds. 



Vortcr County — 



Valparaiso. Pinnated grouse, woodcock, quail, snipe, geese, brant, ducks 

 and cranes. Bass fishing is excellent in the county. There are many small lakes 

 containing fish of large size. Forty-one miles from Chicago, reached via the 

 Chicago and Lock Haven, or the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. 



