During certain seasons, geese will be countless ; mallards, canvas- 

 backs, teal, widgeon, pintail, snipe, plover and rail will fall to your 

 gun almost at your pleasure. The country is a good one to shoot over, 

 some of it covered by patches of irrigation overflow, but is not soft; and 

 sagebrush can be successfully beaten for grouse, quail and other small 

 game birds. 



Farm houses are easy of access for entertainment, and the railway 



UPPER SACRAMENTO RIVER. 



stations all have good hotels at which the charges are generally reason- 

 able. Fish can be caught in numbers at the San Joaquin and include 

 salmon, steelhead trout, striped bass, catfish and others. 



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