150 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



South Carolina has an area of 34,000 square miles and a popu- 

 lation of 705,606. An outline of the physical features of the coun- 

 try would be found to closely resemble that already given of its 

 sister State, North Carolina. We here find repeated, or, more 

 properly, continued, the sea islands ; the sea coast, broken by nu- 

 merous inlets and lagoons ; the low level pine and swamp lands ; 

 back of this, the hill country gradually rising towards the West ; 

 and finally the mountains in the extreme western part of the State. 

 The game, travelling facilities, accommodations, etc., are generally 

 the same as those of North Carolina. 

 A.%ken Cotmty— 



Aiken, a. favorite watering place, much patronized by northern visitors and 

 invalids in winter. Its hotels will compare favorably with the majority of those 

 at the north. There is good shooting for snipe, quail and turkeys within easy 

 riding distance. Take the South Carolina Railroad. 



Hamburg. Around the old and now almost deserted village of Hamburg, on 

 the Savannah River, directly opposite the city of Augusta, and in spite of its 

 propinquity, may be had good quail shooting, and an occasional deer or turkey 

 may be bagged up the river. At the rapids of the Savannah River, seven miles 

 up, there is good perch and shad hshing, both of which are often taken with rod, 

 reel, and flies. Can get board in Augusta ; possibly in Hamburg. 



Harnwell County — 



The pine forests and swamps of the county are excellent shooting grounds for 

 deer, wild turkeys, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, quail, woodcock, etc., with an oc- 

 casional wildcat, and on the rivers are to be found geese, ducks, snipe, etc. 

 Take the South Carolina Railroad to Williston or Blackville,and strike out from 

 either of these points. 



MilletiviUe. Good quail shooting near the town. Foxes and wildcats are 

 shot within a short distance. The prevailing mode of hunting in this section of 

 the country is from horseback. For fox hunting there are several packs of hounds 

 in the neighborhood. 



JSeaufott Cotinty— 



Like all of those lying upon the coast, this county in the eastern section is low 

 and interspersed with much swampy land. The coast region is made up of a 

 system of islands with inlets, bays, straits, and channels, nearly all navigable. 

 Like all the rice producing lands of the State this region abounds in the common 

 varieties of ducks: mallards, black ducks, widgeons, pin-tails, gadwalls, teal, 

 shovelers, ring-necks, greater and lesser scaups, buffleheads, ruddies and mer- 

 gausers. In addition to these the sportsman will find all through the rice fields, 

 along the coast and on the islands, great numbers of white-fronted geese, jack- 

 curlew, black-breasted plover, godwits, willets, sanderlings, marsh hens, snipe, 

 rail, woodcock, quail, partridges, wild turkeys, rabbits, coons, squirrels, and 

 other game. Deer are abundant on the Hunting Islands, near Beaufort, and Port 

 Royal, either one of which is an excellent place for sportsmen to make their head- 

 quarters. Take steamer from New York, or Fernandina, Fla., or go via the Port 

 Royal Railroad, which connects at Yemassee with the Savannah and Charleston 

 Railroad. January and February are the best months for sport. 



Charleston County — 



Charleston. The surface of much of the county near the coast is very low and 

 at times subject to inundation. The game found here is similar to that of the 

 coast region of the state generally. Ducks of all the common varieties are abun- 

 dant, mallards, teal, widgeons, pin-tails, shovelers, scoups, buffleheads, ruddies, 

 gadwalls and mergansers. Geese, snipe, plover, sanderlings, godwits, willets, 

 marsh hens, reed birds, etc., also abound on the coast. The fishing about the 



