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Island, in a few minutes. Ducks swarm here to feed. Gardiner's Island fishing 

 grounds, and Plum Gut are within ten hours sail. 



Sputhoid, near the Sound, is much visited in summer for its boating, fishing and 

 gunning. On the Long Island Road. The Southold Hotel is a good house.' 



West Hampton, seventy-five miles from New York, by Long Island Railroad. 

 Wild geese and ducks commence to come in October, and remain uniil about the 

 first freeze, say in December. Black ducks come in September, snipe appear the 

 last of August, and remain until the ist of October. Abundance of bluefish can 

 be caught either by trolling or churning, and all other varieties of fish to be caught 

 in these waters. Nathan Raynor's House, two miles ride from depot, can accom- 

 modate from one to eight persons. Board $1.50. Plenty of wooden decoys and 

 tame wild geese for decoys. The surrounding neighborhood good for game. 

 Pond for shooting within a few minutes walk of the house. The Sound in Novem- 

 ber is otten covered with millions of sea birds, coots, alewifes, etc. 



Sullivan County — 



Sullivan and Ulster counties have been lon^ famous for their trout streams. 



First among the streams of this region, is the far-famed Beaverkill. Near the 

 head of the Beaverkill are several small ponds, some of which contain trout, as 

 Balsam Lake, Thomas pond, and others. Some of them also contain sunfish and 

 bullheads. 



East of the Beaverkill and parallel with it is the Willewemoc, near its head is 

 Lake Willewemoc, famous for the size of its trout ; this pond, with Balsam and 

 Thomas ponds, belong to the Willewemoc Club, and can only be fished by permis- 

 sion, which however, can easily be obtained: This stream, like the Beaverkill, 

 contains small sized trout in fair numbers. East of these rivers is the Neversink, 

 the finest river of the whole region, although it is also the most persistently fished. 

 It is formed by two branches that unite at Clara ville, just on the line between the 

 two counties. Either branch is a good sized trout brook, or river rather, about 

 fifteen miles long, and they formerly contained an almost inexhaustible supply of 

 fish ; at present, how.ever, it requires a long and patient day's work, to fill even a 

 small basket. The west branch of the Neversink has two tributary streams, Fall 

 Brook and Biscuit Brook, both of these contain large numbers of small trout. 

 Northeast of the headwaters of the Neversink are the sources of the Rondoul. 

 There is near the head of the Rondout, a hamlet named Sundown. 



The Big Indian, a tributary of the Esopus, rises a few hundred yards from the 

 Neversink, and flowing eight miles through Big Indian Hollow, unites with th^ 

 main stream. 



North and west of the Big Indian are several streams, the best and most cele- 

 brated of which are Mill brook and Dry brook ; with many smaller streams, to all 



of which the same description will apply ; they are clear, cold mountain brooks 

 that come tumbling over boulders and ledges, and usually contain a fair suppij 

 of small trout. Indeed, all the trout of this region, even in the larger streams 



are small, from a quarter to half a pound is agood weight, anything above a half 

 is large. Take the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad from New York to 

 Fallsburgh, thence a drive to DewittviUe, for the Neversink; and to Westfield 

 Flats, and thence to Beaverkill, for that stream. Or drive from Shokan, on the 

 Ulster and Delaware Railroad, eighteen miles from Rondout. The place where 

 anglers will find the most hospitable welcome is with Bailey Beers, of DewittviUe, 

 known and beloved of many anglers, as the oddest and best of innkeepers. 



lV2i}-tsboroug-h. Fine sport with black bass can be had in Marston Pond, near 

 this place. Take the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad. Write to 

 George Olcott at Wurtsboro, who will pilot and take charge of visitors. 



White Lake. Pickerel, black bass and trout, with an abundance of game, are 

 found here. Reached by stage or private conveyance from Monticello. There 

 are seven good hotels, with several private boarding houses. 



Nar7-oiusburg. Deer, ruifed grouse and trout. Reached via the Erie Rail- 

 road. There is a hotel here. 



Shhi Creek, on the banks of the Beaverkill, eleven miles from Morsston Station, 

 on the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, is an excellent troutmg centre. 



Eldred. Good deer, and ruffed grouse shooting and trout fishing. Isaac 

 M. Bradley, an old hunter, keeps a sportsman's house, and guarantees fine sport 

 in season. 



MonticeUo. Black and grey squirrrel shooting, with many varieties of game 

 and excellent fishing. The route is via the Erie Railroad. There are manv hotels 

 and boarding houses here. The country about Monticello is high, vet there are 

 no grand mountainous elevations. It is situated on what is sometimes called " a 



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