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lies bad for still hunting. 
There are good trails—for the country 
—running for miles into the Rocky 
Mountains west of Denver, and with a 
few pack animals one can roam for weeks , 
over snow-capped mountains, hunting 
deer, sheep, antelope, and bear, and in 
the valleys does are fonnd at evening, 
also dusky grouse, marmots, coyotes, 
foxes, &c. In fact, the collector need 
not wander about long in search of a 
living target when he has crossed the 
South Platte or “ Arkansaw ” Rivers. 
The Mighty Arkansas is formed by sev- 
eral large boiling springs in a natural 
pasture lying among rolling hills of pines. 
I have followed the brook until it be- 
comes a large river from the Tennessee 
Pass to a point west of the Buffalo 
Mountains. A day’s ride through the 
pass and beyond the source of the 
Arkansas, brings the adventurer to 
Pacific waters, and the head of the 
Eagle River, which is the prettiest stream 
I have seen in the Rocky Mountains. 
Another day’s ride down the river and 
trout can be caught with grasshoppers 
by the hundred weight. Opposite that 
almost inaccessible mountain, the Holy 
Cross, the fishing is best, and mule deer, 
bear, and elk abound. It was at that 
point I first heard the so called “ whis- 
tle,” as one came tearing through the 
bushes, mistaking my picketed horse for 
a cow. Several days after I hunted 
with a rifle for elk, but all I had to show 
for my climbing fallen timber and loose 
rocks for the time, was soleless mocca- 
sins and a bouncing big porcupine, which 
smelled so strongly of spruce that it 
made my companion sick, who helped 
me pack him ona pole tocamp. In con- 
clusion, I would say, that if there are 
any persons who wish to “rough it ” and 
do not know where to go, I will direct 
them toa good country by addressing 
J. H. Barry, Parkville, Kings county, 
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CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND. 
Chincoteague Island, on the coast of 
Virginia, is a favorite resort for sports- 
men, not only from Washington, Balti- 
more, and other near-by points, but from 
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and 
many other cities. In season the birds 
are plentiful and the accommodations for 
visitors ample. What is known as the 
Eastern Shore of Virginia is a penisula 
composed of the counties of Northumber- 
land and Accomac, lying between Ches- 
apeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. 
Chincoteague Island is in the Atlantic, 
just east of Accomac county, and separ- 
ated from it by a body of water known 
as: Chincoteague Bay. The shores of this 
bay, on both sides, are covered by exten- 
sive salt-water marshes, furnishing abur- 
dant food and ample shelter for willet, 
eray-backs, Esquimeaux curlew, long-bill- 
ed curlew, and various species of snipe, 
sandpipers, and other birds usually found 
upon the salt-water marshes of the mid 
dle districts. 
Willet, generally, are the most plenti- 
ful, as they breed in the marshes sur- 
rounding the island. The propensity of 
this bird to remain in the immediate vi- 
cinity of the coast is such that it is sel- 
dom met with inland, not even along the 
shores of large rivers. At all times shy 
and wary, the sportsman in approaching 
it has to use the greatest caution. 
The long-billed curlew, the largest of 
this variety found in North America, is 
the only one which may properly be call- 
ed a permanent resident. It breeds toa 
great extent about Chincoteague. They 
are not easily approached, and it takes 
a good charge to bring them down. If 
