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and a breeding pond has been established near Marion, at which place there is 

 also an angling; club. 



Marion is also the point of departure for the excellent trout streams tributary 

 to the Holston River. In this river black perch are caught. Fifteen miles from 

 Marion is White Top, a mountain well known for its great height and the extended 

 view from its summit. The streams at the base of this mountain are famous for 

 trout but very seldom visited. Among them are the Laurel Fork, White Top 

 Fork, Horse Creek, Fox Creek, and Helton Creek. Good accommodations can 

 be secured at Seabird Dinkin's who lives at the foot of the mountain. Go via 

 wagon to the base of Iron Mountain, thence tramp it. 



Stafford County — 



Acquia Creek. Excellent quail shooting j ducks and other birds abundant. 

 Reached via rail or boat from Lynchburg or Washington. 



Sussex County — 



Littleton. Deer, wild turkeys, foxes, squirrels, rabbits, and on the Nottoway 

 River, otters and beavers. The partridge shooting in the vicinity excellent. 

 The route is via the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad to Stony Creek Station, 

 thence stage or hired conveyance twenty miles. 



Warren County — 



F>-07tt Royal is a favorite mountain summer resort for Virginians. The black 

 bass fishing in the Shenandoah, near this place, is fine. Reached via the Wash- 

 ington and Virginia Midland Railroad. 



Water Lick, eighty miles from Washington, on the Washington City and Vir- 

 ginia Railway, is an excellent centre for quail and woodcock shooting. 



Riverton. On the Shenandoah there is good fishing. The angler will find 

 good accommodations at extremely moderate charges, with Major J. R. Richards, 

 who for a long time refused to take pay at all, until his friends and visitors forced 

 him to establish a moderate rate per diem. 



Wasliington County — 



Abingdon. Within six or eight miles of this town will be found fishing and 

 game in abundance. On the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, one hun- 

 dred and eighty miles from Lynchburg. Hotels good. 



WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 



Washington is the extreme north-western Territory of the 

 United States, and has an area of 70,000 square miles. The Cas- 

 cade and the Coast Ranges, with other mountains, traverse much 

 of the Territory, and give a mountainous character to the surface 

 of the country. These mountains are some of the best hunting 

 districts in America. The streams abound in salmon and trout 

 and afford magnificent sport. The sportsman here should, as a 

 rule, to enjoy the best sport, provide camping equipments, which 

 can be procured at any of the larger towns, and go prepared for a 

 several weeks' campaign. In fact, Washington Territory is a 

 Sportsman's Paradise, whether it be for trout-fishing, deer-stalking, 

 grouse-shooting or wild-fowling at the hunter's option. It does not 

 equal California in the matter of quail-shooting, it is true ; but there 

 are six or seven varieties of grouse, which more than make up the 

 inequality on quail. There are mule deer on the broad plains of 

 the upper Columbia, the black-tail in the willow swamps of Caw- 

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