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the finest quality, and weighing from a quarter of a pound 

 to two pounds each ; their flesh is as hard and white as that 

 of the mountain-trout of Vermont. Even the tiniest rivulets 

 swarm with them. Fifteen miles beyond Sherman, at Vir- 

 ginia Dale, the Dale Creek traverses a canon whose walls are 

 600 feet high, and the adjacent scenery is wonderfully 

 diversified by grottoes, gorges, dells, canons, precipices, 

 towering-peaks, and rugged recesses. Antelope, elk, black- 

 tailed deer, bears, sage-hens, and grouse, abound in the hills 

 and on the plateaus. There is excellent hotel accommoda- 

 tion for the sportsman. Within a radius of twenty-five 

 miles from Sherman are many natural curiosities and points 

 of interest, including Old Fort Laramie, which render a 

 sojourn here very attractive ; and doubtless this locality will 

 soon become a favorite summer resort for tourists and anglers. 

 The Black Hills flank the valley on one side, and the Kocky 

 Mountain ranges upon the other. Lake Como and the 

 Medicine Bow River, seventy-five miles farther west, abound 

 iii trout. At Fort Bridger, a few miles from Carter Station, 

 there is a good hotel, kept by Judge Carter, good fishing, 

 and guides at service. Bear River and Bear Lake, in Utah, 

 are reached by stage from Corinne or Ogden Stations. A 

 small steamer plies on the river and lake, taking passengers 

 and excursion parties to various points. Echo Creek, Chalk 

 Creek, Silver Creek, and Weber River, are accessible from 

 Echo City, and combine rare fishing and hunting with the 

 grand scenery of the Echo and Weber CafLons. ' Maggie's 

 Creek, and many other tributaries of the Humboldt River, 

 abound in trout, and may be easily reached from Carlin and 

 neighboring stations. But, to specify names or localities to 

 any great extent, would require a knowledge of the country 

 possessed only by some old " mountain man " or geological 

 surveyor. It will consume many weeks to exhaust the 

 novelty and attractions of the few already named herewith, 

 and they are the very best on the line of the road. 



Very different to-day is the journey to California from the 



