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HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS 
AND PLEASURE RESORTS. | 94% 
many months in advance, a trip to this river 
for salmon fishing would probably result in 
unmitigated disappointment. When, how- 
ever, the river is full of fish, there are some 
good pools up the northeast branch, which 
the owners have not yet learned to charge for, ° 
and in which good sport can be had under eer- 
tain conditions of the river. For trout fishing, 
the Middle and Baddeck rivers are first rate, 
and for sea trout excellent sport can be had at 
the tide waterin the Margaree, and many fish 
may be killed ranging in weigiitt from one to 
three pounds. 
MUSSEL SHOALS, TENNESSEE 
RIVER. 
The attention of anglers is called to 
the excellent fishing localities found en 
the Tennessee River and its tributaries. 
The greatest inland fishing centrerand 
the most noted may be found on the 
““ Mussel Shoals,” a section of the Ten- 
nessee River lying in North Alabama, 
covering a distance of thirty miles, and 
extending from the mouth of the Elk 
River to the town of Florence, Alabama. 
What has been done in the way of an- 
gling along these shoals would fill vol- 
umes, exhibiting some of the rarest and 
finest sport in North America. The geo- 
logical formation of the river’s bed is 
such that the mighty stream has, with 
apparent difficulty, worked out its pre- 
sent channel, and itis a notable fact that 
no change or alteration of sufficient im- 
portance to be noticed has occurred in 
the past century. Great pools, eddies, 
and expanded areas in the river are to be 
ped all along the shoals, produced by 
"projecting ledges of rock, in which count- 
less numbers of the finest bass sport and 
frolic undisturbed, except by an occa- 
| sional buffalo hunter in his dug out with 
gig and torch, producing at times a scene 
both picturesque and lurid. Those per- 
sons whio fish for bass along the river 
confine themselves to the mouths of 
et and at favorable seasons catch . 
immense numbers of them to the extent 
that one actually grows tired of lashing 
the banks with them. This kind of work 
generally comes in the month of April 
when the river is swollen and muddy and 
the creeks clear. Any lover of angling 
may have magnificent sport in these mag- 
nificeut shoals of the Tennessee, and a 
continuous repetition of it by moving 
from point to point. There is room here 
for all and the supply of bass inexhaust- 
ible. 
IN THE EASTERN STATES. 
THE PLYMOUTH AND BARNSTABLE WOODS: 
MASSACHUSETTS, : 
The principal hunting and fishing to 
to be had in Massachusetts is to be 
found in what is called the Cape Cod 
Country, which is traversed in every di- 
section by the Old Colony Railroad and 
its numerous branches. The Plymouth 
and Barnstable Woods (the only part 
of the State in which deer can now be 
found) are indented with nnmerons beau- 
tiful lakes, filled with many varieties 
of fish, including black bass, pickerel, 
white and yellow perch, &c. The white 
and yellow perch are very abundant in 
these waters, and are of most excellent 
flavor. Most of these lakes (or ponds, 
as they are called there) are fed by ice- 
cold springs, from which flow bright 
sparkling brooks, the home of the spec- 
kled trout, that afford splendid sport. 
The Marshpee River, troutingly consid- 
ered, is the glory of Cape Cod, and is 
celebrated for the quantity, quality, and 
size of its fish, The river is very clear 
and cold, ruuning over a hard, sandy, 
and pebbly bottom, with numerous holes 
and turns for fish to lurk in, and can be 
waded its whole length. Papponesset 
