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Section 1, 



EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, AND 



THE DELAWARE AND VIRGINIA 



PENINSULA. 



Principal Kinds of Game. 



MAMiMALS: 



Ral)l)its, Squirrels, Raccoons, Foxes, Peer. 



BIRDS: 



Quail, Ducks, IMiea.sants, Reed Kiids, Snipe, Rail Birds, Wood- 

 co< k. Geese, Doves, Plover, Marsh Hens. 



Principal Kinds of Fish. 

 sal,t water: 



Sheepsiiead, Bass, Weakfish, Drum, Porgy, Blue Fish, F^lountier, 

 Black Fish. 



FRESH WATER: 

 Bass, I'ert'ii, I'ikc, Trout, Carp, Catfisli, Rock Fish, Sun Fish. 



RABBITS. 



Rabbits seem to be the most geiierullv disli-ibuied 

 mammalian i;ame to be found in the territory 

 reached by the reiinsylvania Raih'oad, Tliey are 

 most plentiful in the Eastern agricultural districts, 

 in the lowlands and meadows along the Atlantic 

 (^oast, and in that long stretch of timber land com- 

 monly called "barrens,'' extending through New Jer- 

 sey from the vicinity of Raritan Bay southward to 

 near the mouth of the Maurice river. The best lo 

 calities for hunting this kind of game are near Wood- 



