18 THE SPORTSMAN’ S AND TOUTIST’S GUIDE. 
stations on the Erie between Hancock 
and Callicoon, and are great fishing and 
hunting centres. Hancock is literatly 
surrounded by trout streams, there being 
no less than eleven within convenient 
reach. Cadosia, Reeds, Sands, Shehaw- 
ken, Trout, Pease Eddy and Tyler Creeks 
are among them. The Beaver Kill is 
only twelve miles distant. There are 
several fine lakes in the vinicity that af- 
ford good black bass, pickerel, and perch 
fishing. ‘There is fine shooting over the 
usual variety of game found in this sec- 
tion. Quiet a number of deer and bears 
are in the mountains and forests. The 
Hancock House, Mrs. A. Hall, and Mr. 
Sheppard will provide for your creature 
comfort at $6 to $8 a week. 
The Honesdale Branch of the Erie 
Railway extends from Lackawaxen to 
Honesdale. The country through which 
it runs is wild and rugged, skirting for 
most of the distance the famous game re- 
gion of Pike county, Pennsylvania, Five 
miles from Lackawaxen is Rowland’s, in 
the vicinity of which are numerous trout 
streams and lakes, whose pickerel have 
placed them among the finest fishing re- 
sorts in the country. Tink and Wisco- 
line lakes are within easy reach. The 
hunter will find quail, woodcock, phea- 
sants, rabbits, &c., in fair numbers. 
Millville, seven miles from Lackawax- 
en, is where the Blooming Grove Creek 
enters the Lackawaxen, Near Millville is 
the large domain of the Blooming Grove 
Park Association. The property of the 
Association cousists of twelve thousand 
acres of wild mountain and valley lands, 
well adapted to the rearing and preser- 
vation of game. The region is as roman- 
tic and healthy as the Adirondacks, and 
it is destined to become as great a resort 
for sportsmen as the wilds of Northern 
New York. Within its boundaries there 
are several miles of trout streams, and 
eight beautiful lakes stocked with black 
bass and other game-fish, On the high 
bank of the clearest and fairest of this 
chain of lakes a club house has been 
built and has accommedations for eighty’ 
people. The point is fifteen hundred feet 
above tide-water, and it is free from ma-, 
laria. and mosquitoes, The club possesses 
a valuable charter from the Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania, enabling it to 
enact its own laws for the rearing and 
preservation of fish and game, and cloth- 
ing it park-keepers with power to arrest 
trespasses. The association is dual in 
character, and admits ladies to all of its 
privileges, Anglers and hunters take 
their wives and children into the woods 
with them. The club-house and grounds 
afford every facility for social enjoyments, 
In the parlor their is a grand piano, and 
the room is large enough for dancing, 
A billiard-room and a bowling-alley are 
attached to the house, and the lake is 
well supplied with boats. An archery 
club has been organized by the wives and 
daughters of the members, and competi- 
tions with the long-bow form a delight- 
ful feature of park-life. Seven hundred 
acres of the forest have been enclosed 
with stone and wire fence, and within it 
elk, deer, and other game are bred, and 
the shooting consists of deer, black bear, 
woodcock, ruffed grouse, hares, rabbits, 
ducks, and snipe. From the breezy bal- 
conies of the club-house a magnificent 
view is obtained, and the eye wanders 
over lakes and hills, and in the dim dis- 
tance rests upon the top of the Catskill 
Mountains, Board for members and their 
invited guests is furnished at the moder- 
ate price of $10 each per week, and the 
spot is so attractive and so easy of ac- 
cess that it cannot fail to become popular. 
Some of the most eminent people of the 
