l68 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Princess Anne County- 

 Sand Bridge is about twenty-six miles from Norfolk and isreached by private 

 conveyance from that city. The marshes afford excellent duck and snipe shoot- 

 ing. Deer, turkeys and other game in the woods. Good accommodation may be 

 obtained at Mr. Fork's. 



l^rince William County— * 



Neabsco Bay is a grand duck shooting field. It is visited by sportsmen from 

 Washington and the neighboring cities. Reached by rail or boat. 



Surattsville^ twelve miles from Washington, is a good ground for partridges, 

 rabbits and grey squirrels. Visited by Washington sportsmen. 



Pnlaslii County— 



Ce7itral Depot. Catfish weighing lifty-five pounds are caught in the New 

 River. The woods in the vicinity are excellent hunting grounds for deer, turkeys, 

 foxes, squirrels, and all the game common in the Virginia mountains. Fourteen 

 miles from Central Depot are the New River White Sulphur Springs, which 

 aiford excellent catfishing. Take the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. 

 Tlie hotels are good. 



Martin's Station, on the same road, is in the vicinity of fair deer hunting. 

 Wild turkeys are plenty, and quail, woodcock and snipe on the meadows. 



MoanoJie County — 



Big Lid. Black perch, bass, red-eye and red-horse fishing in the Roanoke 

 River, near the village, with abundance of partridges and hares in the neighbor- 

 hood. On the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, fifty-three miles from 

 Lynchburg. 



Salem. Fine fall fishing for perch, black bass and red-horse, with splendid 

 quail and hare hunting. On the same road, forty miles from Lynchburg. 



Bonsack's. Excellent fox, bird and hare shooting. Reached via the Atlantic, 

 Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. At the hotel, the sportsman will find a good pack 

 of hounds. 



Jtochhridge County — 



Lexington. On the marshes of the North River, reed birds are found in num- 

 bers sufficient to afford good shooting. Take the Washington and Virginia Mid- 

 land Railroad to Amherst, thence stage, or go via the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- 

 road to Goshen, thence stage. The Cedar Grove Hotel on the river, furnishes 

 boats, and every convenience for the sportsman. 



Rochingham County — 



Raisiley Springs. Fine trout fishing in the mountain streams. Excellent 

 hotels. Take the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Harrisonburg, thence stage. 



JShenandoah County — 



Strasburg. The mountains in the vicinity are well stocked with deer and 

 wild turkeys. An abundance of quail in the vicinity of the town. Reached via 

 the Baltimore and Ohio, or the Washington and "Virginia Midland Railway. 

 Board at hotel and private house, $2.50 to J5. 



New Market. In the adjacent forests, deer, bears and wild turkeys numer- 

 ous ; quail and woodcock in the swamps and field ; good fishing in the North 

 Fork of the Shenandoah. Reached as above. Board in private family $12 to $15 

 Vier month. 



Smyth County — 



Marion, on the western slope of the Alleghenies, is one of the finest game dis- 

 tricts easily accessible to the sportsman. Bears and deer are found there, and 

 ■wild turkeys, grouse, quail, and woodcock are abundant. There is good hunt- 

 ing all about the neighborhood of Marion, and accessible therefrom by good- 

 mountain roads. Marion is on the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. 

 There are three good hotels in the town. 



In Stanley's Creek, there is good trout fishing easily accessible from Marion. 

 Black bass are also found, though not abundant, and are taken weighing six 

 pounds, although the average is perhaps two pounds. The trout average a half 

 pound apiece, and seldom attain a weight of two pounds. The number is said to 

 have increased of late. Attention has been directed to fish culture in this section, 



