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many varieties; Dec. to April best; livery $3.50 to $8 p, d.- hotels $2 p, d.; guides 

 with trained dogs can be had for $5 p. d.; country is open and wet; shooting good 

 in season; excellent quail shooting can be had 20 m east: owners seldom object 

 when permission is asked. 



Xioomis (So. Pac.) Quail and hare can be found 3 m. from station; the first are 

 most numerous, Nov, and Dec. best; livery charges moderate; hotels $1 to $2 p. 

 d.; guides with dogs $2 p. d.; shooting is reported to be very good; some of the 

 farmers object to shooting on their land but permission can be readily obtained by 

 asking for it; quail are abundant but wild. 



Marshall (N. P. C.) Quail and rabbit 2 m. from station; the first most abun 

 lant; Sept. to Jan. best; hotel $1 p d.; livery reasonable; stage runs to best 

 grounds; guides can be procured at a moderate cost; country open, hilly and dry- 

 shooting good and owners do not object. 



Mirysville (So. Pac.) Butte creek slough 20 m.; duck, geese, quail, rabbit and 

 snipe; the first two most numerous; Dec. to March best; livery $5 p. d.; no hotels; 

 sportsmen usually camp out; no guides; country is very wet and shooting good. 



Mayfleld (So. Pac.) Duck, snipe and rail are very plentiful on the marshes 1 in. 

 from station; Nov., Dec. and Jan best; hotel $2 p. d, ; shooting for above game ia 

 considered fair, but a number of owners in the vicinity of the best ground* will not 

 allow any hunting on their laud. 



MenliFark 'So. Pac.) Marshes 2 m. and the foothills 3m,; both good; quail, 

 duck, geese, rail and deer; the first two most abundant: winter months best for 

 duck and geese, no particular months for other game; livery $2 .50 p d.; hotels $2 

 p. d. ; no regular guides; the surface of the country varies in different localities; 

 some of the grounds are restricted but permission can readily be obtained; shoot- 

 ing is first class in every particular; our correspondent writes: "Quail shooting is 

 splendid and back in foothills 10 to 15 m. deer hunting is very good," 



Millbrae (So. Pac.) Spring Valley lakes 6 m. and Mills' marsh % m.- the last 

 best; duck, geese, snipe, quail, rabbit, deer and rail: the first and last named most 

 plentiful; Sept., Nov., Dec. and Jan. best months; livery $5 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.r 

 no guides; country wooded, hilly and wet; shooting good; a permit is required to 

 shoot on the lakes, for which there is no charge; the rest of the grounds have no 

 restrictions. 



Newport (P. C. S. S. Co.) Newport bay and Santa Ana river 9 m. ; last best; 

 duck and geese; the first most numerous; winter months best, livery $3 to $5 p, 

 d.; hotels $1.50 p. d.; no regular guides; country is level and swampy; shooting 

 good and owners do not object. 



Newark (S. P. C.) Duck, geese, snipe, rail and hare on the Salt marsh 2 m. dis- 

 tant; the first most numerous; Nov., Dec. and Tan. best; hotels $1 and $1.50 p. d.; 

 the surface of the country is level and marshy, shooting good. 



Nipomo (Pac, C.) Oso flaco 6 in.; Black lake 7 m.- Nipomo canon 1 m. and 

 Bluff 1>2 m.; the first and last best; quail, duck, rabbit, dove, snipe and deer; the 

 first two most numerous; Nov. to Jan. best; livery charges moderate; hotel $2 p. 

 d.; no guides; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Nord (So. Pac.) Geese, duck, quail, rabbit, and deer can be had in the vicinity 

 of this station during Oct., Nov , Dec., Jan. and Feb.; livery $2 to $3 p. d. : hotel $5 

 p.w.; plenty of guides having trained bird dogs, who will not charge for their ser- 

 vices; country wooded and wet: shooting generally good: quail and rabbit are 

 abundant; most of the landowners gladly welcome visiting sportsmen. 



Norwalk (So. Pac.) Los Bersos 15 in., Anaheim Landing 13 in., New river 13 m., 

 Coyote creek 3 m. and several small lakes in the vicinity; the first best; duck, 

 geese, curlew, jack snipe and rabbit; all are very plentiful; winter months best; 

 livery $5 p, d.; accommodations at a boarding house $5 p. w.; hotel 2> m. distant 

 $8 to $12 p. w.; guides with dogs can be had at a moderate cost; country is open 

 and marshy; shooting very good. 



North Vallejo Wharf (So. Pac.) Duck, geese, snipe, curlew and plover can be 

 found on the tules and marshes about 2 m. from station; the first two most abun- 

 dant; the Mare island side of the river best; Sept. to Feb. best; guides with boats 



