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SPORTSMAN'S AND TOURISTS GUIDE 
HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS 
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UNITED STATES 2 CANADIAN PROVINCES. 
PLEASANT PLACES ALONG THE ERIE RAILWAY. 
A great part of the section traversed 
by the Erie Railway, within one hundred 
and fifty miles of New York, is famous 
for its hunting and fishing, and the points 
that are convenient centres for the vari- 
ous portions of this sportsman’s Mecca 
are among the most popular. ‘The lover 
of trouting, bass and pickerel fishing, will 
find ample places for the gratification of 
his passion among the creeks, lakes, and 
rivers accessible by this incomparable line 
of travel; while the later season opens 
unrivalled haunts for the hunter, with his 
fowling piece or rifle, his setter or deer- 
hound. 
Sloatsburg is thirty-six miles from New 
York. There are three famous lakes con- 
veniently accessible from Sloatsburg— 
Truxedo (called by the natives “ Duck | 
Cedar”), Potague, and Cedar. Bass and | 
pickerel fishing are the attractions. 
first-named sheet of water is three miles 
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distant; the second, one; the third, two. | 
There are several first-class boarding- 
houses in the village, where accommoda- | 
tions can be obtained —J. J. Barbaro, 
T. J, Allen, and J. W. Ten Eyck, and 
others, at prices ranging from $6 to $10 
per week. 
Southfields, forty-two miles from New 
York, is situated in tlie midst of the wild- 
est description of scenery. The brook 
that comes down from the mountains at 
the left of the railroad, and empties into 
the Ramapo here, is the Wild-Cat Brook, 
a well-known trout stream. Manbasha 
and Truxedo lakes, stocked with black 
bass and pickerel, are three miles distant, 
in the mountains. In the vicinity are to 
be found quail, woodcock, grouse, rab- 
bits, &c. The road to the lakes are ex- 
cellent. Accommodations can be had in 
the village of Mrs. Yerreance, R. M. 
Cole, and at Walworth’s Cottage, at $6 
to $8 a week. ; 
Turner’s is forty-eight miles from New 
York, and mountains, plains, lakes, and 
streams combine to make it a picturesque 
healthful, and pleasurable resort. On the 
north rises the jagged summits of the 
Schunemunk Mountains, which cut off 
the Ramapo valley from further progress 
in that direction, and creep on toward 
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the Hudson, From the top of the ever- 
