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Jjawrence County- 

 Shoal Creek is a ^ood game centre, and is a favorite resort for Nashville 

 sportsmen. The black bass fishing is good, and on the Muscle Shoals, near the 

 mouth of the creek, in Alabama (which see), will be found splendid duck shoot- 

 ing. Reached by rail from Nashville to Bodenham, thence drive. 



Madison County— 



Jacksoti. Trout, buffalo fish and catfish. Reached via the New Orleans, St. 

 Louis, and Chicago Railroad. Hotel and private board, $i to $2. 



Madison is a good centre for quail shooting. Reached via the Louisville and 

 Nashville and Great Southern Railroad, or the St. Louis and Southeastern 

 Railroad. 



Shelby County— 



Memphis. In the vicinity of the city, on either side of the Mississippi, bears 

 and deer afford fine sport. A resort for hunters is Bayou Pemiscot, which lies 

 on the river, partly in Missouri and partly in Arkansas. The cane below the 

 city is a fine ground for bears, panthers, wildcats, wolves, deer, and occasion- 

 ally, elk. Foxes, quail, partridges, etc., are abundant all through the surround- 

 ing country. 



TEXAS. 



Texas embraces an area of 237,504 square miles. The State 

 comprises a great variety of surface ; the extreme south-eastern por- 

 tion is a level plain, which is followed by rolling- and prairie coun- 

 try, and this in turn, is succeeded by the table land and mountain- 

 ous districts of the north and north-west. The Llano Estacado, 

 destitute of vegetation, extends into the State from New Mexico. 

 The sea coast is broken by a series of bays, lagoons and harbors, 

 all of them abounding in an extensive variety of salt water fish. 

 As a game country Texas surpasses any State in the Union. Tak- 

 ing steamer on the coast, or any one of the railroads into the inte- 

 rior, the sportsman will find, within easy access from almost any 

 locality he may select as his initial point, game in the greatest 

 variety and abundance. Upon the bays, lagoons, and inland 

 streams, are ducks, geese, brant, snipes, plover and other varieties 

 of game birds. Buffalo roam over the north-western counties. 

 Bears, deer, antelope, etc., are to be had in the greatest abundance. 

 Turkeys, pinnated grouse, quail, etc., are found throughout the 

 State, and go where he may the sportsman will always meet with 

 success. 



Bexar County— 



Sa?i Antonia. The head waters of the Medina are fine hunting grounds for 

 red deer, bears, wild turkeys, and partridges. (See Belknap.) Reached via the 

 Houston and Texas Central Railroad to Austin, thence via daily stages to San 

 Antonio, or go via the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway to Kings- 

 bury, thence via daily stages. 



Blanco County — 



Round Mountain. Buffalo range in large herds seventy miles west. Deer are 

 very plenty ; with wild turkeys numerous in the cedar brakes ; the peccary, or 

 wild hog, is found on Sand Mountain, twelve miles west ; jack-rabbits, cotton- 

 tails, squirrels, foxes, coons and opossums are very abundant. Wild geese, 



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