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ie’s; board $1.50 a day. In the vicinity of 
Dixie’s is Dry Lake, a large and beautiful 
sheet of water, and a sink-hole into which the 
rivers empty, and show no outlet. The best 
stations to stop at, to hunt and fish in Thomas 
county, are Boston, Thomasville, and Cairo, 
giving Thomasville the preference as tar as 
hotel accommodations are concerned. The 
town is on the highest land between Savan- 
nah and the Flint River, its location is dry 
and healthy, and is a favorite resort for inva- 
lids, At Thomasville, connection is made 
with the Albany branch, by which Okloknee, 
Pelham, and Camilla car be reached. Hight 
miles from Camilla are 
‘ponds full of fish. Three miles from Pelham 
is somewhat of a curiosity, called “ Blowing 
Cave.” 
ture in the side, through which a strong cur- 
rent of air is constantly passing, which seems 
to be influenced by the tides—a portion of 
the day the current is inward, and then re- 
verses and blows outward. There is one 
hotel at Boston ($2 a day or $16 a month), 
and boarding-hases at Cairo ($1 a day or $12 
a month). At either place, deer, wild tur- 
keys, and quail are plentiful, and bears and 
wild-cats are not a rarity. Whigham, Cli- 
max, and Bainbridge, in Decatur county, are 
excellent localities for deer, wild turkeys, 
quail, ducks, English, woodeock, ke. Whig- 
ham and Climax are small way stations, des- 
titute of any facilities in the shape of accom- 
modations, but are easy of access to good 
- shooting. Baiubridge is the termiuns of the 
line, and the head of navigation on Flint 
River. Steamboats muke semi-weekly trips 
to Columbus, Georgia, on the Chattahooche, 
and to Apalachicola, Florida, on the Gulf of 
Mexico. Moose Pond, Lake Douglas, Flint 
River, and neighboring lakes and streams, 
abound with fish. Camping out is advisable. 
Guides can be had for fifiy cents a day. The 
hotels (two) at Bainbridge charge $2 a day, 
$10 a week, or $25 a month. 
On the Macon & Brunswick Railroad.— Along 
the Macon & Brunswick road an abundance of 
game can be found, consisting of deer, bears, 
wild turkeys, coons, opossoms, woodcock, 
quail, snipe, and wild fowl, Good shooting 
points can easily be reached by stopping at 
Hawkinsville, Dubois, Eastman, McRae, 
Town’s, Graham, Baxley, Surrency or Satilla. 
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Tlotel accommodations can be had at Haw- 
kinsville, Kastman, MckKae, and Town’s, and 
the other stations are only boarding-houses, 
Most of the towns along the line contain only 
from forty to one hundred inhabitants; at 
consequently the game has not been much 
hunted. Gum Swamp, and Sugar Creek, near 
McRae, in Telfair county, are noted game and 
fish loealities, and abound in deer, bears, 
coons, opossums, wild turkeys, rabbits, squir- 
rels, &e., and many varieties of fish. The 
Great Satilla River, about two miles from 
Satilla, in Wayne county, is noted as being 
the best trout-fishing place in the South. The 
surface of the country around Satilla is level, 
abounding in extensive pine forests, in which 
are found a goodly number of deer, bears, 
wild turkeys, and other game, At Bruns- 
wick, the terminus of the line, there is splen- 
did salt-water fishing in the sounds and among 
the coast islands. The pine forests and 
swawps in the vicinity abound in game — 
bears, deer, wild turkeys, woodeock, quail, 
snipe, wild fowl, &e. Brunswick is also 
reached by Brunswick & Albany Railroad, 
and by boats from Savannah and ¥lorida 
ports. 
On the Central Railroad of Georgia.—There 
is good hunting along the route of this line, 
The best points are Oliver (private board, $l 
a day, $6 a week), Ogeechee (one hotel, $l a 
day, $5 a week), and Millen, in Screven 
county; Augusta, in Richmond county; Ten- 
ville (one hotel) and Oconee, in Washington 
county ; Tomsboro’ (one hotei, $1.50 a day), 
in Wilkinson county; and Powersville, in 
Housten county. For hotel accommodations, 
and as a place to “strike out” from, perhaps 
Augusta is the best place to stop at on the 
line, as it is the junction of the Augusta & 
Savannah and Georgia & South Carolina rail- 
roads, and renders the points along those 
roads easy of access. There are four hotels, 
ranging in price from $1.50 to $3 a day. 
There is good quail and hare shooting in the 
immediate vicinity of Richmond, and in the 
bottom land are some deer. At the Rapids, 
about eight miles distant, some excellent 
black bass and perch fishing can be had. 
Oconee and Tomsboro’ are undoubtedly the 
best places for sport. The Oconee Swamp, 
extending along the Oconee River for some 
twelve miles, is filled with a large number of 
