EL DORADO COUNTY. 



Placerville, the terminal of Southern Pacific Company's line, is sixty 

 miles distant from Sacramento. Beginning at Folsom and extending to 

 the terminus, a distance of thirty-eight miles, small game is everywhere 

 abundant. As the railway train covers the line quail, doves, larks and 

 squirrels are to be seen in all favorable places. Good sport can be had by 

 stops at Latrobe, Shingle Springs, El Dorado or Diamond. Private 

 grounds are not open except upon permission of the owner, but usually 

 this can be obtained on proper application. There is no lack of unoccupied 

 and public grounds, and sport is by no means at the mercy of churls. 



DUSKY GROUSE. 



Dendragapus Obscurus. 



Fine large bags are easily made. Out of Placerville into the foothills, 

 deer are plentiful, and a more extended excursion into the mountains will 

 add bear to your trophies. Trout streams well stocked are also found 

 with the bear and deer. The foothills are covered by a growth of under- 

 brush with oaks, pines, laurel and buckeye. The mountains are heavily 

 forested in sugar, yellow and white pine, and a great variety of cypresses, 

 cedars, spruce and hemlocks. Any reasonable wish for sport with either 

 rod or gun can be had by a visit of a week or two in famed El Dorado. 



