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Lanesville and Three Rivers at foot 
(east side) of the Cascade Mountains. 
To say that elk, mountain sheep, 
deer, bears, rabbits, grouse, trout, and 
other varieties of game and fish have 
been sprinkled with a lavish hand 
throughout the entire region, is only 
repeating that which has already been 
told. The country is full of wild and 
magnificent scenery, to see which is 
alone worth while taking the trip. It 
is between four and five hundred 
miles from Kelton to Umatilla on 
the Columbia River. 
With the exception of the portions 
described, all that part of the State 
east of the Cascade Mountains is a 
a vast plain, better known as the 
Sage Desert. 
DOWN IN FLORIDA. 
JUPITER INLET. 
This spot is beyond all question the 
sportsman’s earthly paradise. The shoot- 
ing is superb, and the fishing simply 
wonderful. Florida has no more tempt- 
ing hunting and fishing grounds than in 
the section of country lying between 
Jakes Worth and Jupiter on the one side 
and Lake Okeechobee on the other. 
Deer and bear are in sufficient num- 
bers to make it light work bagging that 
sort of game, while quail, snipe, curlew, 
turkey, and every variety of duck, give 
the ardent wing-shot all and more than 
he can ask. 
Mosquitoes and sand-flies are unknown 
during the day, and at night a bar of 
sand-fly-netting offers ample security. 
The country is far more diversified in 
its character and appearance than at any 
other locality on the coast, and every- 
thing combines to make it the objective 
point for northern shootists. 
To parties intending a trip down the 
THE SPORTSMAN'S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
Florida coast, Col. James Knapp, deputy 
collector of customs for the port of New 
Smyrna, and Capt. Abbott, a local cel- 
ebrity, bear-slayer and guide, are recom- 
mended as either host or guide. They 
are both good sportsmen, and the colo- 
nel is a Northern man. Abbott is an old 
soldier of the confederacy, the hero of 
thirty-seven battles. To those requiring 
a large boat, and fit out at Sand Point, 
should not forget the genial McCarthy. 
To an inexhaustible fund of humor, he 
adds excellent judgment and a thorough 
knowledge of the country. 
THE LAKE REGION. 
Around these lovely lakes almost any 
sportsman can get his fill of the finest 
shooting of quail and duck. A great 
deal of land around these lakes are old 
fields, cleared land, and on these fields 
are many coveys of quails (called par- 
tridges by the natives). Quail here 
hardly know what a gun is. In fact the 
only unsatisfactory part of the business 
is, the ease with which they can be shot, 
and you will soon learn that there can be 
too many birds, sometimes, to make 
quail shooting interesting. But how en- 
joyable the beautiful Winter days are! 
The warm sunshine all about you, yet 
the air just bracing enough to make you 
feel like tramping or riding; so different 
from the hot sun and hot sand of Sum- 
mer. As stated above, the old fields 
abound with quail in, generally, large 
coveys. They lie very close, and one can 
often walk through them without flush- 
ing. They are strong and swift on the 
wing, and are every way similar to the 
Eastern quail. They are as plenty in the 
pine woods, but they fly into the tree 
tops, and then are hardly moved again. 
In the field there is no cover but grass, 
and with a dog one can have all the 
