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opossums. The Alabama, Tallapoosa, and 
Coosa rivers flow through Montgomery coun- 
ty, a section full of every variety of game. The 
officers of the steamboats which ply on each 
of the rivers, as a general thing, are well in- 
formed as to the best points, and will afford 
all possible information; and the same may be 
said of the train conductors. Hotel accom- 
modations can be had at Union Springs, Mont- 
gomery, and Eufaula, but at the other points, 
one must depend on the hospitality of the vil- 
lagers, The climate is mild and pleasant. In 
the rivers are all the different varieties of fish 
usually found in the Southern inland waters, 
Asa sportiug centre, Montgomery, is without 
doubt, the best in the State, its excellent 
railroad and steamboat communications ren- 
dering all the best game districts easy of 
access, 
On the Mobile & Girard Railroad.—This 
road runs from Columbus (Georgia) to Troy, a 
distance of eighty-four miles, traversing Rus- 
sell, Bullock, and Pike counties, connecting at 
Union Springs with the Montgomery & Ku- 
faula Railroad. Good shooting can be had all 
along the road. In Pike county are extensive 
forests, tilled with deer, bears, wild turkeys, 
squirrels, &c. Union Springs is a good centre 
of operations. It is one of the most beautiful 
villages in East Alabama, situated on an ele- 
vated ridge, extending east and west for about 
thirty miles, known as Chunnenugge Ridge. 
It has two good hotels; charges $1.50 per 
day, or $7 and $8 a week. Bilula, Glenville, 
and Sand Point, two-and-a-half, five, and 
twelve miles from Seale Station; Warrior’s 
Stand, Enon, &c., twelve to fifteen miles from 
Hurtville; Creek Stand, five miles from Guer- 
ryton; China Grove, ten miles, and Buckhorn, 
eleven miles from Linwood, are good points 
for quail, rabbits, squirrels, deer, bears, and 
turkeys. No hotel accommodations except 
at Searle Station and Union Springs. 
Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad.—This road 
extends from Selma to Dalton, Georgia, two 
hundred and sixty-two miles, pessing through 
Dallas, Baker, Bibb, Shelby, Talladega, Cal- 
houn, and Cherokee counties. The best points 
to leave the cars are at Plantersville (no hotel), 
Maplesville (one hotel, board $1.50 per day ; 
$6 a week), Montevallo (two hotels, $1.50 a 
day), Calera (one hotel), Talladega (one hotel 
$2.50 a day), Patona (one hotel, $1.50) and 
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Ladiga (one hotel, $1.50 a day). At any of 
these places good sport can be had. Quail are 
plenty everywhere, and the timberland is well 
supplied with deer, bears, turkeys, squirrels, 
and rabbits. The hotel accommodations are 
not first-class, but this can hardly be expect- 
ed in a country where the inhabitants of most 
of the villages are outnumbered by many of 
the New York tenement houses. Cherokee 
county is partly covered with pine forests, af- 
fording good cover for deer, bears, wild tur- 
key, and squirrels. 
Mobile & Montgomery failroad.— Leto- 
hatchie Station in Lowndes county, is a rich 
farming section, twenty-one miles south of 
Moutgomery. Lowndes county is made up of 
pine and hammocks, and abounds in the va- 
rieties of game indigenious to such a country. 
Evergreen, in Conecuh county, is a good stop” 
pirg point. The sportsman will find deer, 
turkeys, quail, squirrels, rabbits, and wild 
fowl], though not abundant, yet in satisfactory 
numbers. A large portion of Escambia coun- 
ty is still unsettled, and abounds in deer, 
bears, wild turkeys, quail, and squirrels. In 
this county there are many streams that afford 
excellent fishing. The sportsman can drop 
off at either Summit, Garland, Sparta, Pollard, 
or, in fact, at almost any station, and find 
game in fair quantities. 
On the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 
Railroad.—This line runs through Jackson 
county, and good hunting and fishing can be 
had in the neighborhood of Stevenson, where 
there is one hotel; board $3 aday. The county 
is well watered, and the numerous creeks 
and streams afford good angling for black 
bass, drum, wall-eyed pike, red-horse, catfish, 
and perch. Woods and mountains are the 
abiding-places of deer, turkeys, and squirrels; 
quail are found in large numbers in the cul- 
tivated fields, and there is good wild-fow] 
shooting on the creeks and ponds. Excellent 
shooting and fishing points can be reached by 
taking any of the steamboats on the Tennes- 
see River. 
_ On the Western Alabama Railroad.—Leave 
the cars at Cusseta, Franklin, or Cowles, and 
you will find all the shooting you want. There 
are no hotels, at any of the points. The land 
is high and rolling, and the climate mild and 
salubrious. The road runs from Columbus 
(Georgia) to Selma, connecting at Montgom- 
