HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE. RESORTS. 
tion Rock, which rises perpendicularly several 
hundred feet. At The Dalles, this river is 
compressed for five or six miles between red 
sandstone bluffs, averaging over one hundred 
feet in height. The principal lakes are Lake 
Winnebago, in the southeastern portion of the 
State, which is about thirty miles long by ten 
wide, and communicates with Green Bay (an 
arm of Lake Michigan) through Fox or Nee- 
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and steamers, and on the shores of several are 
club houses and summer hotels. 
Koshkonong Lake is one mile from the vil- 
lage of Koshkonong, and is six miles wide and 
nine miles long. 1t is well stocked with black 
‘bass, pickerel, pike, yellow and silver perch, 
&e. Geese, ducks, brant, and swans are un- 
usually plentiful in their season. Of ducks, the 
varieties consist of canvas-backs, red-heads, 
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NEAR WINONA, 
MINNESOTA, 
Accessible from Chicago via Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 
nah River—Hor'con Lake, Devil’s Lake, Lake 
Koshkonong, Lake Geneva, Lake Zurich, and 
the four lakes around Madison; these are the 
larger lakes of this lake-studed State. Along 
nearly all the rivers of the State, and at their 
“ heads,’ hundreds of little lakes are found, 
lke gems glittering in the sunshine. In Wal- 
worth county alone twenty-four lakes can be 
mentioned, among which are Lake Geneva, 
Crooked, Army, Potter’s, Booth, Lulu, Como, 
Turtle, Whitewater, Bass, Holden’s, Middle, 
Grove, Mill, Otter, and Pleasant, ranging from 
one-half mile wide and one mile long to three 
or four miles wide to ten or twelve miles long. 
All are stocked with fish, and on several of 
them are various water crafts, including yachts 
mallards, wora, black-heads, and spike-tails. 
Wild celery grows along the margins of the 
lake in great abundance, and for canvas-back 
duck-shooting is not excelled by even Chesa- 
peake Bay, On the banks of the lake is the 
Koshkonong House, that will accommodate 
100 guests; the Bingham, 30; Koshkonong 
Club House, 70. Koshkonong is one hundred 
four miles from Chicago. 
Fort Atkinson, one hundred and ten miles 
from Chicago, is situated on both sides of 
Rock River, in Jefferson county. Rock Lake, 
Lake Mills, Ripley, Cambridge, and Rose lakes 
are near, and are all noted for their excellent 
shooting grounds, canvas-back ducks especial- 
ly being abundant on all of them. The Grand 
