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dant in the adjoining mountains. Wapiti (cervus 

 Canadensis\ familiarly called " elk " by the inhabi- 

 tants, are also to be found, but not in such numbers 

 as further to the north. 



A trip that I particularly recommend to sportsmen 

 is to start from Las Vegas, follow the Mora road to 

 Roclada, a distance of twenty-six miles, along which 

 there is fair accommodation, and they will be very 

 unfortunate if they do not secure bears and deer. 

 Turkeys, grouse, and woodcock are also plentiful, 

 while trout of great size, gameness, and excellence 

 are to be captured in all the mountain streams. 



Camping out must be here adopted, when a covered 

 waggon or tent would be absolutely necessary. 

 Wherever taverns are found, living is wonderfully 

 cheap, say about four shillings a day, and with the 

 game killed, it will be the sportsman's fault if good 

 and varied meals are not obtained. To advise a 

 trip to New Mexico appears to people at home some- 

 what like recommending a visit to another planet ; 

 but it is no such thing, for it should be remembered 

 that when there you are always within three days' 

 journey of New York and ten of England, with 

 regular postal communication to all parts of civiliza- 

 tion. 



To return eastward proceed to St. Louis, Mo., 

 thence by the Ohio and Mississippi R. R. to Cincin- 

 nati, then by Baltimore and Ohio to the seaport first 

 mentioned. At any of the leading hotels in that 

 busy haunt of commerce you will be able to learn 

 where the best wildfowl shooting is at the time ob- 

 tainable, as these erratic birds frequently change 

 their haunts for no conceivable purpose that obtuse 

 humanity can conceive. However, I will give a list 

 of places that I have made my temporary home, and 

 where good sport is certain to be had, more especially 

 if the temperature is low and in close vicinity to 

 freezing point. 



