GAME AND FISH RESORTS. I05 



Mochingham County — 



Hampton. Robin, snipe, curlew, and other shooting. Reached via the Eastern 

 Massachusetts Railroad, forty-seven miles from Boston. 



Smelts are taken in great numbers at the proper season in Great Bay. Take 

 the Eastern Railroad. 



Rye. Woodcock, partridges, snipe, yellow legs, plover, loon, coots. Reached 

 by drive or rail from Portsmouth. 



Deny. Beaver Pond furnishes excellent black bass fishing. Reached via the 

 Manchester and Lawrence Railroad. 



Deerfield. Pleasant Pond has been stocked with black bass. 



North-wood. Suncook Pond aflFords black bass fishing. 



Stafford County — 



Long Pond, in Stafford, is well stocked with perch and pickerel. 



Sullivan County — 



Sunapee. Sunapee Lake and Sugar River, from Sunapee to Newport, are 

 well stocked with black bass. There is fine squirrel and other hunting in the 

 vicinity. Reached via the Concord and Claremont Railroad to Newbury or 

 Newport. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Area 8,320 square miles ; population 906,096. The northern 

 half of the State is traversed by three mountain ranges, the south- 

 ern portion is made up of a plain extending through the centre and 

 gently sloping on either side to the Atlantic and the Delaware liay. 

 There are now and then in this section of the State, a few hills, but 

 they are all of inconsiderable size. The coast line of New Jersey 

 is indented by numerous bays, and lined with a great number of 

 islands. These inlets are all famous for the variety and numbers 

 of their fish and wild fowl. The species of fish are numbered by 

 hundreds, and include many of the salt water kind most sought by 

 sportsmen. The fishing and shooting grounds are well provided 

 with numerous means of access, and at all the better known resorts 

 are comfortable hotels with every convenience for the sportsman. 

 The Southern counties of the State are under the jurisdiction of 

 the West Jersey Game Protecting Society, and under its auspicies 

 have been well stocked with game and fish during the past few 

 years. Black bass, quail, pinnated grouse, etc. 



Atlantic Cou7ity — 



Sotners' Point and Us Harbor are favorite localities for duck and snipe shoot- 

 ing, and for shore shooting of every kind, as well as for fishing. Ruffed grouse, 

 and ari occasional deer and bear in the adjacent wilds. A strip of beach, seven 

 miles in length called Peck's Island, separates the bay from the sea and forms 

 capital feeding grounds for curlew, marlin, willet, robin, snipe, etc. The months 

 of August and September are the best for snipe shooting. In the fall and winter 

 months wild ducks and geese visit the harbor in large numbers. Good hotel ac- 

 commodations. Captian Japheth Townsend keeps a first rate country inn for 

 sportsmen. He has a good yacht and plenty of boats. Charges $io a week. His 

 house is five miles from Absecon, on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. Deer 

 are abundant in this county in certain districts. Take the Camden and Atlantic 



