GAME AND FISH RESORTS. I49 



Jfewport County— 



This county is made up, for the most part, of a great number of islands, with a 

 strip of the mainland forming its eastern section. The waters and coasts afford 

 much fishing and wild fowl shooting. The sportsman may make his headquarters 

 at any of the villages, and will be pretty sure to find good sport there. Where 

 hotel accommodations are not found, board may, as a general thing, be obtained at 

 private houses, and boats with boatmen are always to be secured at reasonable 

 rates. 



. Newport. Snipe, yellow legs, dowitchers, plover, brant, teal, wood ducks, 

 black ducks, greenheads, and other birds afford excellent sport. Bateman's 

 Point is much visited by gunners. Every facility for fishing will be found at 

 Newport, and the fish caught here are of great variety, embracing most of those 

 common to the Rhode Island coast. Sachnest Point at the southeastern exti'em- 

 ity of the island, is the favorite fishing ground. Newport has railroad connec- 

 tions, via Old Colony, with Boston, or via Shore Line, with New York ; and 

 steamboats run to New York, Fall River, Rocky Point and Providence. There 

 are a great number of hotels, private boarding houses, cottages, etc. 



Providence County — 



The northeastern part of the county, comprising the towns of Eurrillville, Glou- 

 cester, good for quail, ruffed grouse, wild pigeons, rabbits and squirrels. Make 

 headquarters, either at Pascoag, reached by rail, twenty-one miles from Providence 

 on the Providence and Springfield Railroad, or at Chepachet, three or four miles 

 by stage from Oakland Station on the same road. Sneach Pond in Cumberland, 

 Moswansicutt Pond in North Scituate, Herring Pond and Pascoag Reservoir, in 

 Eurrillville, are good for black bass. There is good trout fishing in Naterman's 

 Pond, Burrillville. Trout are not plentiful nor large, owing to innumerable mills 

 and much fishing. On the Branch River, a tributary of the Blackstone, are thirty- 

 one dams. 



Providence. Good woodcock shooting in the vicinity, with all the varieties of 

 shore birds, ducks, plover, snipe, etc. There are many resorts in the immediate 

 vicinity of the city, where boats and boatmen may be secured for gunning and 

 fishing. The fish and game are abundant in many localities known to Providence 

 sportsmen. Rocky Point, reached via steamer, midway between Providence and 

 Newport, is one of the most popular resorts of New England, and furnishes ex- 

 cellent fishing. The numerous islands in the vicinity, accessible by steamer, or 

 hired yacht, are much visited by sportsmen, and among them success with rod 

 and gun is always to be found. 



yVasliington County — 



Narragansett Pier is a fashionable summer resort, reached via the Lake Shore 

 Line to Kingston, thence stage or carriage, nine miles ; or via boat from Provi- 

 dence and Newport. Below the Pier is a mass of rocks, from which many fish 

 are caught. Boits, boatmen, etc., may be procured for fishing in the Bay. There 

 are numerous fine hotels, $12 to $18 per week. 



Five miles from the Pier, reached by carriage road, is Peacedale, where the 

 sportsman will find good quail and snipe shooting. 



The road running southeast from Peacedale, leads to the Porter Place, near 

 which is Point Judith Pond, a long lagoon, having many islands and full offish. 



South Kingston. Worden's Pond affords good fishing, and in the great pine 

 and cedar swamp here will be found a variety of shooting. Accommodations can 

 probably be obtained at some of the farmhouses in the vicinity. Take the Shore 

 Line to South Kingston. 



Watch Hill. The shooting here is for ducks, geese, curlew, sand snipe, yel- 

 low legs, etc., the fishing includes the varieties common to the sound, bluefish, 

 blackfish, striped bass, and others. The route is via the Shore Line to Westerly, 

 thence steamer down the Pawcatuck River, or from Stonington, New London 

 and Norwich, via steamer. There are several hotels, prices moderate. Every 

 facility for sport will be found here. 



Block Island, reached by steamer from Stonington and Newport, or yacht from 

 Martha's Vineyard, and other points, is a noted place for fishing. The only 

 variety affording much sport however, is the bluefish. There are two hotels, 

 with boats, boatmen, etc., on hire. 



