HUNTING AND FISHING. 



United States, i'locks of ducks, brant, geese, swan and 

 smaller water fowl swarm the river and its backwa- 

 ters, from Big Lake to its mouth, throughout the winter 

 season. This river is accessible from Wynne, Earle and 

 other points on the Memphis Extension, and from Forrest 

 City and Marianna on the Helena Branch. 



Swifton, farther south, has a large tract of thinly 

 settled country, both to the east and west, that abounds 

 in bear, deer, wolves, wild cats and all small game. Cat 

 and buffalo fish, trout, basSj croppie, white and sun 

 perch, are found in large quantities in Black, White, 

 Cache and Strawberry Rivers, Holli ngshead and Clear 

 Lakes. 



Newport is a large town, with good hotels and ex- 

 cellent hunting in the vicinity. All kinds of game, such 

 as bear, deer, quail, teal, wood duck and mallards are 

 very plentiful in season. Fish, such as black bass, crop- 

 pie, jack salmon, channel cat, etc., are found in great 

 quantities. 



Batesville is west of Newport, on the White River 

 Branch. It is a large town in a new and mountainous 

 country, abounding in all kinds of game and fish. White 

 River, Polk Bayo, Spring and Miller's Creeks and Spring 

 Creek Lake, team with cat fish, goggle-eyed perch, trout, 

 pike, striped bass, black bass, croppie, salmon, white perch, 

 sturgeon, buffalo and drum fish. Hunting unsurpassed. 

 Good hotels. 



A letter from Samuel Cronin, Traveling Freight and 

 Passenger Agent of the H. C. A. & N. Railway, Alexan- 

 der Division, w^hich is a branch of the Iron Mountain 

 System, and which was opened for business January 1st, 

 says that this country is surely a sportsman's paradise. 

 Deer are plenty and fish in abundance. Trout (they look 

 like our bass) and perch can be easily caught in any of 

 the little and apparently insignificant streams between the 

 Ouachita and Red Rivers. The country is very sparsely 

 settled and hunters should carry their supplies along, such 



