152 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



music of the hounds is often heard. Wild fowl are abundant in 

 season in many of the lagoons and rivers ; the fishing is for the 

 most part indifferent. The gentleman stranger will find the people 

 of the hunting districts always hospitable, and rarely will it occur 

 that some one cannot be found who has the time and the incHna- 

 tion to serve as guide and join in the sport. 



^Bedford County— 



Shelbyville. Quail, black, and other varieties of ducks, furnish good shooting 

 in the vicinity. Reached via the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad. 

 The county is undulating and hilly. 



Cooke County— 



Casby Creek, a tributary of Big Pigeon River, is a good trout stream. 

 Davidson County— 



Nashville. On the bottoms of the Cumberland River, wood ducks are quite 

 abundant all the way from Nashville to the forks, three hundred and forty miles 

 above, especially in the month of October, when the white acorns commence fall- 

 ing. Quail, partridges, rabbits, wild turkeys and deer are also found in abun- 

 dance along the Cumberland. 



Dyer County — 



Reelfoot Lake. Swan, geese, mallard, teal, and other varieties of water fowl 

 in great abundance. Bear and deer in the vicinity. Reached by hired convey- 

 ance from Dyerburg or Johnsonville. Hotels, boats, etc. A dense cypress 

 swamp surrounds the lake. 



Trhnble. Deer, wild turkeys, ducks, etc. Reached via the Paducah and 

 Memphis Railroad. Private board 75 cents per day. 



Franklin County— 



Sewanee. Black bass and black perch are caught in the Elk River. The 

 mountains of the country afford good deer hunting, and smaller game is found in 

 fair abundance. 



Hamilton County — 



IVauhatchie. Deer in the mountains, with quail in the neighboring fields. 

 Wauhatchie is a station on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, si.x 

 miles from Chattanooga. 



Chattanooga. Bass fishing in the neighboring creeks, Chickamauga, twelve 

 miles, and others. Deer, fo.xes, coons and rabbits, are found on the neighboring 

 mountains. By taking any one of the numerous railroads radiating from the city, 

 the sportsman may reach excellent shooting grounds, within a few hours' ride. 



Hardin County— 



Hamburg. Turkeys, ducks, geese, quail ; bass, catfish, drum and buffalo 

 fish. Reached via Tennessee River boat, or via rail to Chickasaw, Ala., thence 

 stage or horseback. 



Pittsbu7-g Landi7ig. See Hamburg. 



Savannah. Ducks, geese, wild turkeys, quail, and occasionally woodcock 

 shooting. The fishing is for perch, trout, bream and gar pike. Route as above. 



tTohnson County — 



Taylorsville, wiiich is reached by wagon from Abingdon, Virginia, via Atlan- 

 tic and Mississippi Railroad, is a fine centre for sportsmen wishing to fish the 

 Laurel and its tributaries in the adjacent mountains, where brook trout and small 

 game are found. 



XaTce County — 



TiJ>tonville. Good duck shooting on Reelfoot Lake. Reached via Thompson's 

 Ferry. Provide for camping. 



Dauderdale County — 



Hale's Point. Deer, wild turkeys, quail, woodcock and other game. Reached 

 via St. Louis packet daily, Cincinnati packets, three or four times per week. Hotel 

 $5.50 per week. 



