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HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE RESORTS. $3 
never find the spot after once taking 
your eyes off it. If there be a slough 
with grass in it running through the 
stubble you may be almost sure of a find 
along its sides, particularly in the even- 
ing. The birds always seem to prefer 
the low ground in a field. By ten 
o’clock the birds haye mostly filled their 
crops and gone to the grass and corn- 
fields, where they remain till about 3 p.m. 
During the middle of the day they are 
hard to find, as they do not move about 
much. At this time of day hunt in the 
grass along the edge of the stubble, not 
more than eighty rods from the edge, 
and along the hillsides, and on windy 
days always on the leeward slope. Many 
may be shot in the cornfields by keeping 
the dog well in and taking a snap shot 
as the bird tops the tall corn. When a 
large number go down in the grass they 
run off in every direction, and make fine 
trailing for the dog, They always try 
to alight on some spot out of sight from 
where they rise. They generally fly over 
one rise of the prairie, and stop two- 
thirds of the way up the next, or fly 
round one point and stop on the next. 
After a little experience one can gener- 
ally tell from the lay of the land about 
where they stopped. 
In conclusion, those who go for sport, 
and are willing to work for it, will not 
be disappointed. Very few farmers ob- 
ject to shooting on their grounds, and if 
they did, the laws make no special pro- 
tection for them, but, of course, no gen- 
tleman will invade the farmer’s or any 
one’s rights merely because he can do so 
with impunity; and in return for this 
generous privilege given by the farmer, 
the sportsman should not forget to divide 
his game with them sometimes. Yor 
further information address O. H. Hamp- 
ton, Redfield, Dallas county, Towa. 
FISH AND GROUSE REGION. 
Solon is located in Somerset county, 
‘Maine, and they have some good hunt- 
ing and fishing up there. The best way 
to go is by way of the North Ansonby 
Railroad. There is a daily stage to 
Solon, and there is some talk of putting 
on a daily stage from Solon to the Forks, 
thirty-one miles; from the Forks to 
Moose River is thirty miles. In the 
vicinity of Solon are some five trout 
brooks, and five miles from the village 
is a good trout pond. One mile from 
the village, at Carritunk Falls, on Ken- 
nebec River, magnificent trout are 
caught. Some caught there in the Sum- 
mer of 1877, tipped four pounds. In 
Carrying-place Town there are three 
good ponds. In the first pond are trout 
that weigh about half a pound, A Mr. 
Ellis has a camp there and keeps a kind 
of a hotel, where he has a good deal of 
company in the Summer. ‘This pond is 
three miles from the river, and four miles 
from J. Carney’s Hotel in Moscow. In 
Carritunk is Pleasant Pond, where the 
fishing has to be done at night. The 
water is so clear you can see the bottom 
of the pond, where there is fifty or sixty 
feet of water, as plain as if there were 
not more than five or six feet. It is 
fringy around the pond and very cold 
water. From The Forks, five miles, is 
Moxie Pond, with very good fishing. 
There is a road to the Moxie. Some 
very good trout streams are in the vicin- 
ity of The Forks, and from there to 
Moose River one will find partridges. 
A Mr. Gordon says he shot seventeen 
partridges from The Forks to Parlin 
Pond, fourteen miles, and shot them all 
from a wagon in and on the side of the 
road. Parlin Pond is one of the best 
places to go fishing, as it is right by a 
hotel and on the stage road. A stranger 
