MARYLAND 



ARYLAND has an area of 13,- 

 959 square miles. These fig- 

 ures, however, include the wa- 

 ters of the Chesapeake bay and 

 its inlets and estuaries. The land 

 area is 11,124 square miles. 

 The portion of the state in- 

 cluding Chesapeake bay and its shores is known as 

 the water section. The Blue Ridge section consists of 

 the broad plateau extending westward toward the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. 



The furred game of Maryland consists of an occa- 

 sional bear, a few deer, fox, hare, rabbit, raccoon, 

 opossum, and squirrel. 



Of non-migratory feathered game, there are quail, a 

 few ruffed grouse, and turkey ; of migratory game, the 

 reed-bird, woodcock, Wilson's snipe, rail, king-rail, 

 clapper-rail, Bartram's sandpiper, Carolina dove, most 

 of the shore-birds along the coast-line, Canada geese, 

 swan, and many varieties of duck, including the re- 

 nowned canvasback. 



To hunt in Maryland, the visiting sportsman must 

 first secure permission from tenants ; in some counties 

 a license is required for non-residents. Gentlemen 

 sportsmen will experience little difficulty in securing 

 the desired permission, and in all probability the col- 

 ored field-hand will be allowed a day off to pilot the 

 welcome stranger over the country, and give him the 



