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Lake has been stocked with trout and whitefish, and affords besides a variety of 

 fishing. There are good hotels here, I3.50 per day, $15 to $25 per week. Take 

 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 



JPutnani County- 

 Lake Makopac. The fishing is excellent, and with other attractions, makes 

 this a favorite summer resort. Reached via Harlem River Railroad, by a branch 

 line from Golden's Bridge. There are several large hotels $18 to I25 per week, 

 and boarding houses $10 to §15 per week. A large flotilla of boats and yachts. 

 The surrounding country is rugged. 



Carmel. The Patterson swamp is a famous ground for sportsmen. The game 

 includes woodcock, and other varieties. 



Lake Oscaivana, among the Highlands, is a good place for summer camping. 

 July and August are the best months for general fishing. Take the Harlem Rail- 

 road to Golden's Bridge, thence branch road. 



Jtensselaer County — 



Tray. The fishing at Troy is confined chiefly to perch and bass. There are 

 many trout streams in the vicinity, but there are about two fishermen to every fish. 



Troy sportsmen go to Westerboro, back of the Helderburgh Mountains. 

 Woodcock are here found in large numbers, it being quite a favorite breeding 

 place for them and the hunt there invariably results in large bags. 



Queens County — 



See Kings County. 



South Oyster Bay is a pleasant place for a day's fishing. There are good 

 hotels here. The route is via the South Side Railroad. 



Freeport. Good perch fishing between this point, and Baldwinsville. Reached 

 via the South Side Railroad. 



Hempstead. Quail shooting is good in the vicinity. Hewlett's Hotel is a 

 comfortable house where the sportsman will receive every attention. Reached 

 by rail. 



Far Rockaivay. Good blue-fishing. Go to Bath, Canarsie, Penney Bridge, 

 Brooklyn or Jersey City to hire yachts. 



Rockaiuay Beach is a famous pleasure resort for New York and Brooklyn peo- 

 ple. A long, narrow, sandy peninsula encloses a broad inlet with several marshy 

 islands. Great numbers of wild fowl congregate in the vicinity and there is 

 always good fishing for sheepshead, bluefish, bonita, and other varieties in their 

 season. Reached via the South Side Railroad. There are good hotels, and every 

 facility for sport. It is an easy, cheap, and delightful trip from the Fulton, South, 

 and Williamsburgh Ferries by horse cars to East New York, steam cars to Can 

 arsie, and steamboat to Rockaway Beach — fare fifty-five cents. The favorite 

 skippers know the intricacies of the great Jamaica Bay thoroughly, this including 

 Canarsie Bay. 



Seaman's Pond in Ridgewood, thirty miles from Brooklyn via the South Side 

 Railroad, affords excellent fishing. The terms are moderate. 



Farmingdale is a good point to start from for scrub quail shooting. Take the 

 Long Island, or Flushing Railroad. 



Michniond County — 



This county is formed by Staten Island, which is reached by ferry from New 

 York. The fishing is principally for weakfish, the favorite points for this sport 

 being Rossville and Prince's Bay. The latter place is reached by cars to Rich- 

 mond Valley station, thence stage. Go to Steele's for boats, tackle, bait, etc. 



JVew Dorp. About here will be found good shooting for woodcock, quail, 

 snipe, yellow legs and other varieties of birds, with rabbits abundant in the 

 neighborhood. 



Roclilnnd County — 



Staatsi'urg: Bass and pickerel in Truxedo Lake, Potague Lake and Cedar 

 Pond, all within three miles, woodcock, snipe, etc., in the vicinity. Reached via 

 the Erie Railroad. There is a hotel besides summer boarding houses. 



Picrmont and Sjiffern, reached via the Erie Railroad furnish good woodcock 

 shooting. 



Ramapo, on the Erie Railroad, contains one summer boarding house, " Ter- 

 race Hall," a few hundred yards from the depot, pleasantlv located on the banks 

 of the Ramapo River, and capable of accommodating forty boarders. 



