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THE SPORTSMAN’S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
very statistical. A glance at the map 
will show that the Mississippi River flows 
along the greater part of the eastern 
boundary of the State, and the Red Ri- 
ver of Louisiana along a small part of 
the southwestern. 
Beginning then in the northeast, the 
St. Francis flows out of the State of Mis- 
souri through lowlands, cypress swamps, 
canebrakes, &c., in a generally souther- 
ly direction, and empties into the Missis- 
sippi. This river is navigable by steam- 
boats for a portion of the year. It is 
stocked with all the coarser varieties of 
fish, and has some bass, and many perch 
of different varieties. Then comes L’Au- 
guilla, a sluggish and unimportant 
stream Proceeding westward, Crow- 
ley’s Ridge, a low range of hills, is cross- 
ed, and Cache River reached. It is a 
thin, chocolate colored stream, with im- 
mense ‘‘ bottoms” and cypress swamps 
—all of which are, at certain seasons, 
filled to overflowing with dirty water. 
The stream rises in Missouri, and empties 
into the White River, in Monroe county. 
It is well stocked with fish, and flows 
through a notable game country, much 
of which is in its native wilderness state. 
Deer, turkeys, and bear abound along the 
course of this river, and wild fowl in as- 
tonishing numbers visit its sloughs and 
shallows. A portable boat would be a 
great help in this region. Going still 
westward the Black River is reached, a 
fine stream of dark colored water—ris- 
ing in the mountain country of Missouri, 
flowing southward through the south- 
eastern part of the State, and emptying 
into the White River at Jacksonport. 
The stream is rough and rapid in its up- 
per course, and smooth, but not slug- 
gish, in its lower. It is well stocked 
with game fish, as well as the coarser 
varieties, and there are some notable 
trolling places along its course. Both 
the main stream and its tributaries are 
noted for the hunting grounds in their 
vicinity. Wild fowl, in their annual mi- 
grations, pursue the course of this river. 
The stream is navigable for steamboats 
to, and into, Missouri. Packets ply reg- 
ularly as far as Pocahontas, Arkansas. 
The superintendent of this line never ne- 
glects an opportunity to place a sports- 
man under obligations to him. Being of 
the fraternity himself, he calls it “‘ being 
good to his own sort.” At Jacksonport, 
the Black River is joined by a stream of 
the clearest water in the State. This 
river rises in the Boston Mountains in 
the northwest corner of the State, and 
flows northeast into the Missouri, thence 
southeast again into Arkansas State, and 
eventually into the Mississippi. This 
stream is navigable, and actually navi- 
gated by steamboats to Batesville all the 
year, and as far as Forsythe, Missouri, 
during the Winter and Spring months. 
It is abundantly stocked with game and 
food fishes. Its banks abound in good 
hunting grounds, and the mountain scen- 
ery along the upper waters is exception- 
ally fine, and worthy of far more atten- 
tion than it receives. Tributary to this 
are several rivers of lesser note: as Little 
Red, Sycamore, Buffalo Fork, King’s 
River, &c., all well stocked with fish, and 
all running through noted game regions. 
In White River and its tributaries, the 
Ohio River salmon or glass-eyed pike, 
and the croppie or speckled perch, are 
taken in greater numbers than elsewhere 
in the State—or in the world for that 
matter. 
In the southern part of the State, trib- 
utary to the Arkansas, are the Petit 
Jean (pronounced Petty John), and the 
Fourche la Fave (Foosh la Fay) rivers; 
and tributary to Red River are Little 
