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souri River are the highland bluffs, and below these in the south- 

 western part are low and swampy lands subject to overflow from 

 the river. In the south-west are the Ozark Mountains ; north of 

 these the valley of the Osage River is principally rolling- prairie. 

 The Missouri and its tributaries are all lined with belts of dense 

 forest. A large part of the State abounds in game of various kinds. 

 The prairies are full of wild fowl and grouse and the forests with 

 the larger species of animals. The facilities of travel are gen- 

 erally good. 



Carroll County- 

 Lima Lake. Geese, brant and ducks afford fine sport on the lake. Go to 

 Lima. 



Cass County— 



Harrisonville. Rabbits, squirrels, pinnated grouse, quail, ducks, geese, brant, 

 snipe and other varieties of water fowl ; bass, croppies, etc. Payne's and Bates' 

 Lakes, distant seven and seventeen miles, are the best shooting grounds. 

 Reached via the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. Hotels $i to $1.50 per 

 day ; teams $3 per day. At Bates' Lake, in the town of Everett^ the sportsman 

 will find accommodations at the house of J. Bodenhammer. For further particu- 

 lars address, at Harrisonville, Mr. R. A. JBrown. 



Chariton County— 



Mendon. Duck shooting on the lakes about the Chariton. Grouse and quail 

 in the neighborhood. The county is traversed by the St. Louis, Kansas City, 

 and Northern Railroad, from any of the stations on which line good shooting 

 grounds may be reached. 



Cole County — 



Jeffei-son City. Good quail, turkey, wild goose, duck ; and deer shooting 

 on the Osage River, eight miles from the city. Reached via the Missouri Pacific 

 Railway. 



Crawford County— 



The game of this region is very abundant, embracing quail, squirrels, wild 

 turkeys and deer. The fishing is for perch, bass and cat fish. Reached via the 

 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad to Leesburg and adjacent points. 



Daviess County — 



Gallatin. Deer, turkeys, quail, ducks and snipe. Reached via the Omaha 

 Branch of the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad. 



Franklin Cotinty— 



Along the Maramec River is good wild fowl shooting and in the more unsettled 

 portions of the county are deer and wild turkeys. This country is reached from 

 Calvy, Stanton, Sullivan and other points on the St. Louis arid San Francisco 

 Railroad. 

 Gasconade County— 



In the vicinity of the Gasconade River quail are very plentiful along the entire 

 valley ; pinnated grouse are of rare occurrence. The duck shooting is fair. Squir- 

 rels are, along the valleys where it is wide enough for farms, surprisingly numer- 

 ous. The great game attraction, however, of the beautiful Ozark range, and 

 especially of the Gasconade region, is deer ; these, with wild turkeys, are easily 

 found in great numbers by even inexperienced hunters. 



The Gasconade takes its rise in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, which ex- 

 tend from the Missouri River, near its mouth, in a southwesterly direction across 

 this State and part of Arkansas. Fed by innumerable boldly flowing springs of 

 almost icy coldness, and reinforced by numerous affluents, the chief of which are 

 the Big and Little Piney and the Bourbeuse, it pursues a tortuous course, mainly 

 in a northeasterly direction, and enters the Missouri near Hermann, in Gasconade 

 county. The river with its tributaries teems with pike, perch, (locally known as 



