of those who can appreciate the most sublime terrestrial beauty. No 

 lack of royal sport has ever been reported by the thousands who have 

 sought for it here. 



Specially fine hotel accommodations are in large supply, and the 

 transits by stages from Truckee and from Carson require but a short 

 time and are full of interest. Ladies are always present, adding social 

 attractions to the more robust ones of lake and mountain. The surpass- 



BARRACUDA. 



Sphyrcena argentea. 



ing excellence of the fishing overshadows all other interests, but fine 

 sport may be had with the gun. Sagehens, grouse, quail, ducks, plover, 

 snipe and squirrels are reasonably abundant, and bear and deer not 

 difficult to find. 



The flora of Lake Tahoe on its arborescent side is of surprising 

 wealth. Here is an abbreviated list : white, sugar, yellow and nut pine, 



MACKEREL. 



Scomber vulgans. 



douglas and hemlock spruce, tamarack and laurel, with oaks, maples, 

 poplars, madronas, buckeyes and a great variety of flowering shrubs. 

 To fish the waters of Lake Tahoe, and with dog and gun traverse 

 the resinous conifer forests that clothe the encompassing mountain sides, 

 would richly repay a transatlantic and transcontinental trip. 



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