GAME AND FISH RESORTS. II9 



chucks, rabbits, black, grey and red squirrels, chipmunks, hawks, partridges, 

 pigeons, woodcock, wild ducks, and cranes. 



Clinton County — 



Champlain. Good hunting, and salmon and brook trout fishing. Reached 

 via the Vermont Central Railroad to Rouse's Point, thence via Ogdensburg and 

 Lake Champlain Railroad. 



Delaxvare County — 



Colchester affords good ruffed grouse and woodcock shooting, and there are 

 many trout streams in the vicinity. It is situated in the valley of the east branch 

 of the Delaware, and is reached by the Oswego Midland Railroad. Stage thir- 

 teen miles from east branch station. Good farmhouse accommodation. Country 

 hilly. 



Deati's Corners. Take steamboat or railroad to Kingston, thence rail to 

 Dean's Corners, on Ulster and Delaware Railroad. Good trout fishing, small 

 game, and an occasional deer. 



Long Pond. Wagon ten miles from Westfield, on the Oswego Midland Rail- 

 road. Large trout very abundant in the ponds and adjacent streams. Country 

 nearly all forest, and hilly. An occasional deer ; ruffed grouse, woodcock, wood 

 duck, and snipe. Must camp out. 



Griffin s Corners. Bears, foxes, rabbits, ruffed grouse and trout. Go via 

 steam or rail to Rondout, thence Ulster and Delaware Railroad. Hotels and pri- 

 vate board $1 to $2 ; teams $3 to $6. 



Dutchess County — 



New Hamburg. Ducks and wild geese. On the Hudson River, si.xty-four 

 miles above New York ; reached via rail or boat. 



Erie County — 



Buffalo. On the lake shore, in the vicinity, the residents of the city take many 

 bass. 



Sardinia. Trout in the neighboring streams. Grey squirrels and ruffed 

 grouse are found at Hemlock Lake, six miles from Livonia station, on the Roches- 

 ter branch of the Erie Railroad. 



Essex County — 



J^ori Ticondcroga. Fine fishing in the vicinity. Reached via the Central 

 Vermont Railroad. 



Elizabethto-Mn. Deer, bears, etc., here afford fine sport. Elizabethtown is 

 delightfully situated eight miles west of Lake Champlain. Few localities have 

 surroundings more charmingly romantic. Twelve miles further west is that gem 

 of all the Adirondack valleys — the famous Keene Flats. They are both favorite 

 resorts of artists and people of refinement, generally in the summer months. 

 Reached via Lake Champlain steamers to Westport, thence wagon or stage. 



Tahawus or Mt. Marcy. Panthers, Canada lynxes, rabbits, sables, hares, 

 squirrels, etc. 



Port Kent. At the mouth of the Ausable, and extending along Champlain 

 for about three miles, is a large marsh, affording numerous lurking places for 

 wild fowl, and, in years when the water is high and the marsh covered during 

 October and November, the different varieties of ducks and Canada geese visit 

 it in great numbers. Reached via the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company 

 Railroad, or via the Lake Champlain steamers. 



Westport. The waters abound with pickerel, perch, black bass, trout and other 

 varieties of fish. Reached from New York via Albany and Saratoga to White- 

 hall, thence via steamer to Westport. Time, fourteen hours ; fare $8. The Nich- 

 ols hotel affords good accommodation. 



Greene County — 



Catskill. At the Embouchure or Rodgers' Island, there is duck and snipe 

 shooting. Hudson River Railroad, and steamboats. 



Tafinersville^ among the mountains, fifteen miles from Catskill, and reached by 

 Stage from that place. Good trouting in the mountain streams. 



Leeds. Trout and pickerel fishing, with some woodcock shooting in the 

 vicinity. Reached by carriage road from Catskill. 



