I06 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Railroad. Eplings, six miles from Egg Harbor, is good ground for jack or Wil- 

 son's snipe. Rough accommodations at farm house. 



Atlantic City. Robin snipe, bull-head plover, ducks and drum fish, floun- 

 ders, sheepshead, and weakfish. Reached via the New Jersey Southern Railroad. 

 Bagmen can be procured. Shauffler's Hotel is the headquarters for sportsmen. 



Sergen County — 



Hackensack. On the meadows, rail and snipe shooting is good. For striped 

 bass, fish off the bridges with bamboo trolling rod, one hundred and fifty feet line 

 at least, float, shrimp, shedder, or minnow bait, small sinker to keep hook under 

 the tide ; reel, of course. The bridge at " English Neighborhood," Northern 

 Railroad of N. J, is a favorite stand. Rabbits and quail abound there. Reached 

 via the Erie, or the New Jersey Midland Railroad, thirteen miles from Jersey 

 City. 



Tenafly. Good squirrel shooting, woodcock, quail, ruffed grouse, wood duck, 

 jack snipe, rail and other game birds furnish excellent sport. Reached via the 

 Northern New Jersey Railroad, si.xteen miles from Jersey City. 



Englemood. Good snipe shooting. Reached as above, fourteen miles from 

 Jersey City. 



Paskack, on the Hackensack Branch of the Erie Railroad, is an excellent place 

 for New Yorkers to visit, when but one day can be spared from business. Good 

 squirrel and rabbit shooting, with other sport, is to be found here. 



Jiurlington, County — 



Beverly. Across the bar are skip jacks, blue fish, Spanish mackerel and 

 other varieties, all of which afford good sport. Reached via the Amboy Division 

 of the Pennsylvania Railroad. There are hotel accommodations. 



Moorestown. Quail and woodcock. Reached as above to Hartford, thence 

 stage two miles. 



Delatico. Fine rail shooting. Reached via the Camden and Amboy Railroad. 



Tuckerton., on Little Egg Harbor, offers many attractions to the sportsman and 

 angler. Duck and brant shooting is very fine in the fall and spring, and also 

 for geese in the spring in Tuckerton Bay. 



The ducks include the black head, widgeon, black, sprig-tail, red head, broad 

 bill. This is a famous place for bluefishing. Go via the Tuckerton Railroad. 

 The Everett and Carlton Houses are good hotels. Terms $2 per day, $10 per 

 week. 



Mount Holly. Trout in Rancocas Creek. Reached via the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road. Two hotels. 

 Camden County — 



Gloucester City. White and yellow perch of great weight are abundant in the 

 Rancocas, Pensancon, Newton and Timber Creeks. Take the West Jersey Rail- 

 road. Good hotels both at Gloucester and Bridesburg. 



Cape May County — 



To%vnsend Inlet, seventeen miles from Cape May. Dowitchers, calico backs, 

 grey backs, black breasts, bull-headed plover, robin snipe, yellow legs, ducks. 

 Reached by sail-boat from Cape May, or by wagon from North Dennysville, on 

 the West Jersey Railroad. 



Cape May. Woodcock, curlew, redhead and blackhead ducks, plover, Canada 

 geese, sea pigeons; blue fish, "Cape May goody," spot, blackfish, drum, and 

 other varieties of birds and fish. Reached via the West Jersey Railroad. Boats 

 may be hired at Schellinger's Landing. 



Seaville. Woodcock, bay birds, willets, and other varieties of wild fowl, fur- 

 nish excellent sport. The fishing is good. Reached via the West Jersey 

 Railroad. 



Tuckahoe. Quail, woodcock, snipe, bay birds, pheasants, squirrels, rabbits, 

 etc., abound on the borders of the village. Deer are quite plenty in the swamps 

 and thick uplands. Reached via the West Jersey Railroad to Point Elizabeth, 

 thence by stage or hired conveyance. Busby's Star Tavern. 



The Tuckahoe River, which winds its crooked course between Atlantic and 

 Cape May counties, and pours its muddy waters into Great Egg Harbor Bay, 

 contains not a single spear of wild rice, from its source to its mouth, while all the 

 tributary streams that help swell the volume of its waters, above where the flood 

 tides are salt, are filled with this reed. Rail birds, as every gunner knows, 

 delight in the seeds and tender shoots of the wild rice, and where it is plentiful. 



