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a clay on the fishing ground, and return by the evening boat, reaching home by 

 six or seven o'clock next morning, being absent only an afternoon and a day. 



The Delaware branch of the' Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail- 

 road also runs to Still Pond, a station four miles from Betterton. The train 

 leaves Philadelphia at 8 a. m., and makes the trip in four hours. Still Pond is also 

 the Post Office, Betterton having only a few scattering dwellings, and no Post 

 Office. Thomas Crew keeps the house (not a hotel and without a bar,) and can 

 probably accommodate twenty guests, for whom he provides bountifully. His. 

 rate is $1.50 per day, and boats with captain and bait $3 per day. The favorite 

 fishing ground is about two miles from the house, and the water there is about 

 thirty to forty feet deep. The ebb current runs about two and a half miles an 

 hour, and the flood current about two miles an hour, or with about one half the 

 force of the current in the Delaware, hence a ten or twelve ounce dipsey is heavy 

 enough for a bow or hand line, and two ounces for a rod line. A bass rod nine 

 feet long, with multiplying reel, is the proper rod. The perch bite better at the 

 turn of the tide— an hour before and after each, the low water and young flood 

 being the best. 



The tide tables of the Chesapeake are published in the Nautical Almanac. 

 High water at Betterton, would be about half an hour earlier than at Turkey 

 Point. 



It is not amiss to take some bait along — worm, clam, or shrimp, or a good dip 

 minnow net. If a hand line is used, glove fingers are necessary, else any but the 

 toughest hand will givfe out before a day's fishing is over. Spesutia Island fur- 

 nishes excellent duck shooting. 



Motitgomery County — 



Barnesville. Black bass fishing in the Potomac, with excellent shooting. 

 Reached via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 



The Great Falls of the Potomac are located fourteen miles above Washing- 

 ton, and seven miles from Rockville, on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore 

 and Ohio Railroad. The route is from Washington to Georgetown, thence via 

 canal ; fare fifty cents, or via stage, seventy-five cents, to the fishing grounds. 

 The Potomac has here three falls, aggregating a descent of eighty feet, within a 

 distance of a few rods. Big bass, little bass, rock, and striped bass abound, and 

 atford excellent sport. At the Cornelia Hotel, Messrs. Garrett and Mans, proprie- 

 tors, board may be obtained, $2 per day. 



Prince George County— 



Upper Marlboro. Fine shooting on the swamp and marshes adjacent to the 

 Patuxent River. Ortolans, reed birds, partridges, ducks, etc., and other game 

 birds. Reached via the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, or by drive from 

 Washington. Skiffs and pushers are readily obtained, and the sport is always 

 good. The grounds are within three miles ot Marlboro. 



Muirkirk Furnace. Snipe and quail shooting good in the vicinity. Reached 

 via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 



Nottingham. On the marshes of the Patuxent River, excellent shooting is to 

 be had (See Upper Marlboro). Mr. John Maccubbin, keeps the very comfortable 

 and home-like inn in the village. 



Ste. Mary's County— 



Of the best known resorts on the Potomac may be mentioned Colton's, Leon- 

 ardtown, Blackstone's Island, Piney Point, Marshall's, and Point Lookout, the 

 latter a point of land at the mouth of the Potomac, with a splendid beach fronting 

 on Chesapeake Bay. The attractions at all these places are boating, fishing, bath- 

 ing, crabbing, and a fare composed almost exclusively of fish and oysters. Save 

 at Piney Point, the terms are very moderate — $2 per day, $10 per week, and $30 

 to $35 per month. 



Leonardtown. Duck shooting and good fishing. Reached by boat on the 

 Potomac River. Hotel $2 per day, $10 per week, $30 per month. 



Point Lookout. Fair fishing may be found here, including sheepshead. 

 Reached via steamer on the Potomac, one hundred and thirteen miles from 

 Washington. Board same as at Li-onardtown. 



Marshall's., two miles below Piney Point, is a favorite summer resort for 

 pleasure seekers. The fishing includes sheepshead, white perch, rock, taylor, 

 spot and croakers. The shooting is for partridge, duck and goose. Marshall's 

 is one hundred miles from Washington, reached via Potomac steamers, and has 



