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and trout are abundant. Reached via Long Island Railroad to Sag Harbor, thence 

 stage. There is a good hotel, and boarding-house. A favorite place for summer 

 tenting on the beach. 



Noyac. Noyac and its beautiful bay lie about four miles to the northwest of 

 the old town of Sag Harbor. For wild duck shooting, no place on the island 

 affords better sport or more game. Mr. Pierson has a cosy boarding place for 

 summer visitors and sportsmen, and a letter to him, telling him what day you 

 expect to arrive, will find him with his wagon ready at either the steamboat 

 wharf at seven in the morning, or at the railroad depot at two or eight in the 

 evening, according to the way you propose to reach the Harbor: the boat — W. 

 W. Coi't — leaving foot of Wall Street Mondays and Thursdays at five in the even- 

 ing for Sag Harbor (fare, $1.50), and the cars from Hunter's Point at half past 

 seven in the morning, and at half past three in the afternoon (fare, $2.75.) The 

 charge for board at Mr. Pierson's is a dollar a day, or seven dollars a week, 

 with use of a boat. The modus operandi for Noyac Bay shooting is either to go 

 on the long beach on Jessup's Neck, take your station at daylight, and await 

 your chances for shots at the flights of ducks which regularly cross the neck from 

 Noyac Bay to the Little Peconic Bay, or by taking a sail boat out in the bay, or 

 a small boat, get in among thousands of ducks to be seen early in the day floating 

 on the surface of the bay. After a morning's work at the ducks, you can take 

 your gun and dog and go into the thick woods of the back country and get par- 

 tridges and rabbits. 



There is good trout fishing in>Mr. Barker's preserve. Mr. Sampson's farm 

 adjoins the pond on the southeasterly side, and he has a spare room for a couple 

 of boarders during the summer months. There is good perch fishing in the mill- 

 pond, and occasionally one may get hold of a trout, but they are scarce. Permis- 

 sion from Mr. Barker is required, to fish in the pond, which he readily gives. 

 Noyac is a cultivated strip of land running along the southerly shore of Little 

 Peconic Bay from Sag Harbor to North Sea. Once upon a time the waters of the 

 shores of Noyac were full of game fish, but what with seines, nets and 

 "pounds "they have all been driven away, and though the locality used to 

 abound in bass, not a fish is now to be cauglit there. Off Jessup's Neck— a strip 

 of land covered with cedar brush and full of nests of mosquitoes— there is e.xcel- 

 lent bluefishing to be had in season, and in the bay scollops abound, as also 

 excellent hard and soft clams. There are a few porgies to be had in the bay and 

 kingfish occasionally. Back of the cultivated strip there are the woods, which 

 extend back some four miles toward Bridgehampton, and in the watered portion 

 woodcock shooting is good in season. In the fall excellent wild fowl shooting is 

 to be had in the bay, and for purposes of a family sojourn in summer to parties lik- 

 ing a very retired and out-ot-the-way country place, Noyac presents an attrac- 

 tive locality. 



Patcliogue is a good objective point for sportsmen on the Great South Bay. 

 Ducks, quails and "partridges are shot in the vicinity, and in the ponds are perch 

 and trout. There are several boarding houses ^S to f 12 per week. Take the 

 South Side Railroad. 



Peconic. Great Peconic Bay, well known for its fishing and shooting, is on 

 the Long Island Railroad, eighty-eight miles from New York. Good hotels with 

 boats, guides, etc. 



Pan Quogue. Good shooting for ducks, geese, snipe, etc. The route is via 

 the Long Island Railroad to Good Grounds, where a wagon may be procured to 

 convey the sportsman to the shooting ground.s. Go to William Lane's at Good 

 Ground, who will furnish all necessary outfit. 



Riverhead (several hotels), Smithville and West Hampton, all on the Long 

 Island Railroad, are good points for ducks, quail, and svoodcocl^ shooting. 



Ronkonkoina Lake, near Lakeland and Islip, has good perch fishing. Boats 

 are to be obtained. Take the Long Island Railroad. 



Sag Harbor is one of the cheapest places in the vicinity of New York, for 

 boating, fishing, gunning, etc. Reached by the South Side Railroad, or steamer 

 W. W. Coit, from foot of Wall Street, New York, fare $1.50. Board at several 

 places, $7 per week. Inquire at Tucker's Fancy store. Sag Harbor. 



Shelter Island. This island is partly owned by a Company who have a fine 

 hotel, grounds laid out, and other attractions for summer visitors. During 

 December, ducks of nearly all kinds, except canvas-backs, can be shot from any 

 of the lowlands, by using decoys. Quail are also numerous in places. A steam- 

 boat leaves pier 25 East River, N. Y.- The island is also reached by Long 

 Island Railroad, from Hunter's Point to Greenport ; fare $2.70. Hotel accom- 

 modations are good in Greenport. A row boat will land the hunter on Shelter 



