HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE RESORTS. 91 
The Spring Grove House is on the east: 
shore of the lake, six miles from Ham-. 
mondsport. ° 
Eldred is in the vicinity of good deer 
and ruffed grouse shooting and fine trout- 
fishing. Isaac M. Bradley, who keeps 
the “latch-string out” for sojourning 
sportsman, promises guests that he will 
put them on a deer trail or pilot them to 
streams where they can fill their creels - 
with speckled trout. 
THE WILDS OF ANNAPE. 
LOCALITIES ACCESSIBLE BY THE ULSTER & 
DELAWARE RAILROAD. 
The Ulster & Delaware Railroad ex- 
tends from Rondout, on the Hudson Riv- 
er, to Stamford in Delaware county, a 
distance of seventy-four miles, connecting 
at Rondout with trains on the Hudson 
River Railroad and the river steamboats. 
Good shooting along the whole line. 
We know of no place within a reason- 
able distance of New York that affords 
better ruffed grouse-shooting than can 
be enjoyed in the Wilds of Cannape, an 
extensive tract of uncultivated and un- 
broken land lying in the northeast cor- 
ner of Ulster county. To reach the lo- 
cality the sportsman must leave the cars 
at Shokan, some eighteen miles from 
Rondout, thence private conveyance to 
a place known as Watson Hollow, be- 
tween six and seven miles from Shokan. 
Inquire for C. Rockwell, and stop over 
night with him. We is thoroughly ac- 
quainted with the grounds, and will give 
all needed information. If he cannot go 
himself he will procure a guide for you 
that will take you to the game, and 
very likely put you on the trail of a deer 
or bear, or perhaps both, besides giving 
you an opportunity to have a little fight 
with a panther or wild cat, for they all 
abound in this section. The place is not 
generally known to sportsmen, and com- 
paratively but little hunted over. The 
country is decidedly rough, and full of 
fine scenery. Board at hotel $2.a day, 
at boarding-houses, $5 to $8 a weck. 
Guides charge $2 a day, and teams can 
be had for $5 a day. 
Mount Pleasant is twenty-four miles 
from Rondout, and in a neighborhood 
where the visitor will find use for either 
rod or gun. There are some fine trout 
streams in the vicinity, among them the 
Beaverkill and Esopus, that afford good 
sport. Pheasants, rabbits, squirrels, &c., 
are plenty, and bears not uncommon. 
Board $5 to $8 a week. 
There is good shooting around Phe- 
nicia, twenty-seven mfles from Rondout. 
The streams at Stony Clove, abounding 
in small trout, are of easy access. Stages 
leaves Phoenicia on Mondays and Wed- 
nesdays for Hunter, in Greene county, 
where there are some excellent hunting 
and fishing grounds. Ruffed yrouse and 
rabbits are plenty. Board,’$1 to $1.50 
a day, $5 to $7 a week. 
In the neighborhood of Fox Hollow, 
thirty-two miles from Rondout, there are 
ruffed grouse, wild pigeons, squirrels, rab- 
bits, &c. Board from $L to $1.50 a 
day; $5 to $8 a week, 
There is excellent shooting and trout- 
fishing in the neighborhood of Shanda- 
kin, thirty-three miles from Rondout. 
There are woodcock, ruffed grouse, and 
other feathered game, with plenty of rab- 
bits and squirrels, and a few bears, in the 
fur line ; and trout in abundance in the 
Beaverkill, Esopus, and other streams 
close at hand. Board can be had at from 
$1 to $2 a day; guides charge $2 and 
teams $5 a day. 
Big Indian, thirty-six miles from Ron- 
dout, is in the vicinity of good shooting 
