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a good boarding house, with boats and other conveniences. Charges, $30 per 

 month for a longer time than one month, or $35 for single month. 



Piney Point. For the fishing and hunting and the route see Marshall's. The 

 St. George's Hotel is comfortable and well kept, with moderate {trices. 



Chaptico. Good fishing in Britain's and Chapeto Bays, lake stage from 

 Washington to Leonardtown. 



Somerset Cotiiiti/— 



Princess Anne. Quail, snipe, woodcock and wild fowl. Reached via Dela- 

 ware JRailroad. Gooci board can be found among the farmers for |s per week. 



Wasliington County— 



Williamsport. Black bass fishing furnishes fine sport. Williamsport is the 

 terminus of the Western Maryland Railroad, and can be reached from New York 

 by rail via Philadelphia, in about eleven hours, either by way of Harrisburg, 

 Pa., or Baltimore. Hotel charges, $1.25 per day. A boat and boatman costs 

 $1.50 per day. 



Hagcrstovjji. Turkeys, pheasants, quail, and woodcock. Reached via Cum- 

 berland Valley Railroad. 



Wicomico County — 



Tyaskin District., near Salisbury, is a favorite resort for wood duck and quail. 

 ^Yorcester County— 



Berlin. Ducks and geese, plover, snipe, quail, woodcock, rabbits ; blue fish, 

 striped bass, weak fish and perch. Reached by rail from Wilmington to Herring- 

 ton Station and thence by eitlier of two railroads via Georgetown or Salisbury. 

 Hotel accommodations. A sneak boat or skiff, and several dozen decoys for 

 geese, ducks, and snipe, are indispensable. 



Ocean City. Ducks and geese, plover, snipe, quail, woodcock, rabbits ; blue 

 fish, striped bass, weak fish and perch. Favorite points of departure for the field 

 are Canterbury, Herrington, Farmington, Greenwood, Seaford, Georgetown, 

 Salisbury, Pittsville, and Berlin. There are good hotels, and Captain Ayres 

 keeps a hostelry open all winter to accommodate sportsmen. As a rule, the 

 farms are all posted, as a protection against market gunners, but gentlemen 

 sportsmen can almost invariably obtain permission to shoot over private terri- 

 tory. It is better, in all cases, to obtain letters of introduction to land owners. 



Snow Hill. Good snipe shooting on the marshes. Rabbits, squirrels, par- 

 tridges in the vicinity. Reached via the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad. 



Chincoteague Island. For game, route, etc. , see Accomack County, Virginia. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Massachusetts comprises an area of 7800 square miles, with a 

 population of 1,457,351. With the exception of the eastern and 

 south-easte/n sections, the surface of the State may be described 

 as broken and rug-ged. Several inconsiderable mountain ranges are 

 found in the State, the Hoosic, Holyoke and other ranges. The val- 

 leys, especially that of the Connecticut, are noted for their beauty 

 of scenery and fertility of soil. Upon the coast are many islands, 

 bays and sounds, all of which furnish excellent fishing and bay 

 bird and wild fowl shooting. The railroad system of Massachu- 

 setts is very complete, this State containing, in proportion to her 

 size, more miles of road than any other State in the Union. • Hotel 

 accommodations at all the shooting resorts are generally good, or 



