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dations. DeWitt Knapp’s Hotel, near 
the station, has a first-class reputation. . 
There is good fishing and boating in the 
Delaware near Mr. Knapp’s house, and 
pleasant drives and walks. 
About four miles from Cochecton is 
the mountain village of Fosterdale, in the 
midst of good hunting and fishing, and 
the wildest description of scenery, John 
Barwig has a fine boarding-house there. 
There are also several farm-houses in the 
neighborhood that accommodate visitors 
in good style. 
Three miles from Cochecton is the vil- 
lage of Tyler Hiil. It occupies an ele- 
vated position, affording a splendid view 
of the country up and down the Dela- 
ware. Swago Lake, a charming sheet 
of water, is near by, affording good pick- 
erel-fishing, and a number of creeks are 
noted for their trout. 
Callicoon, one hundred and thirty-six 
miles from New York, is located in a 
portion of the Delaware Valley and its 
adjacent territory, that needs only to be 
visited to be appreciated. The immedi- 
ate surroundings of Callicoon are of the 
wild and rugged character that prevails 
in the upper Delaware Highlands. Cal- 
licoon village is the centre of one of the 
famous trout regions of the Delaware 
Valley. The Callicoon Creek, which en- 
ters the Delaware a short distance below 
the station, threads the back wilderness 
and a splendid farming section. Along 
its entire course, from the hills on either 
side, tributary streams flow into it at 
short intervals. The main stream and its 
feeders are natural trout brooks, and all 
the season long they afford royal sport 
to the angler. These streams are with- 
in an area of five miles from the station. 
On the Pennsylvania side of the river is 
Hollister Creek. For two miles from the 
the river this creek flow through a wild 
and narrow gorge, and finds the level of 
river by a series of wonderful waterfalls. 
The whole country roundabout affords 
good shooting over quail, ruffed grouse, 
rabbits, and other game. In the moun- 
tains deer and bears are started occasion- 
ally. Numerous lakes cluster in the hills 
on both sides of the river, the famous 
Bethel township lakes, in Sullivan coun- 
ty, being within easy reach. In Wayne 
county, Galilee Lake, Duck Harbor, 
Swago Lake, and several others are near 
and convenient of access. Bass, pickerel, 
and perch fishing are the attractions of 
these waters, The whole section is a fine 
game district, and excellent shooting can 
had be in season. Ruffed grouse, wood- 
cock, rabbits, and squirrels are generally 
abundant, and a few deer and bears are 
still running loose through the woods and 
over the mountains Mr. Minard, of the 
Minard House, near the station, enter- 
tains guests at $1.50 per day, less for a 
longer term. There are many farm and 
private boarding houses in the neighbor- 
hood that will take the wayfaring sports- 
man in at from $6 to $8 a week. 
Hancock is one hundred and sixty 
miles from New York. The Mohawk or 
West Branch of the Delaware River 
rises on the southern slope of a spur of 
the Catskills, Schoharie county, New 
York. The Popacton or Hast Branch 
has its head in the wilderness of the up- 
per portion of Ulster county. The two 
branches run parallel across Delaware 
county, being divided by a ridge of moun- 
tains eleven miles wide, and meet around 
the base of a great dome-like hill at 
Hancock. The village is surrounded by 
the loftiest elevations of the Delaware 
Highlands, all of which are heavily wood- 
ed, and at no point along the river is 
the scenery more grand. The villages 
of Hankins, Basket, and Stockport are 
