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can be had at reasonable rates; hotel charges moderate; country is generally dry 

 and shooting is very good; excellent arrangements are made for accommodation of 

 visiting sportsmen. 



JTovato (S. F. & N. P.) Quail, duck, hare and deer can be found from 1 to 10 m. 

 of station: the first two most plentiful; no particular months; the shooting varies, 

 but for duck good shooting can be obtained. 



Oakdale (So. Pac.) Quail shooting can be had 20 m. from station and dove and 

 rabbit in the immediate vicinity; quail most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best; livery 

 $3 p. d.; hotel 22 m. distant $1.50 p. d.; no guides; the principal grounds (those 

 for quail) are wooded, hilly and dry; shooting is usually very good; deer can be 

 had during the winter months. 



Ontario (So. Pac.) Quail and hare about 1 m. from station; first most abun- 

 dant; from Oct. 1 to March 1 best; livery $2 to $4 p. d.; hotels $2.50 p. d.; no 

 guides needed; country is open and level; shooting good and owners do not object 



Orland (So. Pac.) Stony creek 15 m. distant; geese, duck and rabbit principally; 

 the first most numerous; Nov. and Dec. best; livery $5 p. d.; hotel accommoda- 

 tions can be had at reasonable rates; country open and wet; shooting is good, as 

 there is any amount of game; deer and bear can be had during the summer months 

 in the mountains 50 m. distant; owners do not object. 



Fenryn (80. Pac.) Quail and hare in the adjacent country; the first most abun- 

 dant; Sept. to Feb. best; livery $4 p. d.; hotel $6 p, w.; guides can be procured at 

 reasonable rates; country wooded and dry; shooting good and but few owners ob- 

 ject. 



Petaluma (S. F. & N. P.) Quail, duck, geese and snipe can be found in 

 the vicinity of station in every direction; south best for duck; the first two most 

 numerous; Oct., Nov. and Dec. best; livery $2 to $4 p. d.; hotel $1 p. d. and up- 

 wards; no guides; country is flat and marshy and good shooting can be had for the 

 above game; in the Sonoma mountains, 6 m. distant, deer are to be had in season; 

 our correspondent writes: "Early in Oct. the quail shooting is excellent; that for 

 duck is best in Nov. and Dec." 



Point Reyes (N. P. C.) The shooting grounds in this vicinity afford ex- 

 cellent bunting for duck, quail, snipe, rail, geese and deer; the first two most nu- 

 merous; Oct. 1 to March 1 best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; guides can 

 be procured at a reasonable rate; the surface of the country is varied; permission, 

 a? a rule, must be asked from owners for privilege of shooting on private grounds; 

 the shooting is very good. , ^ 



Sacramento (So. Pac.) The foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Coast Range 

 mountains and the marshes from 3 to 10 m. distant are the principal shooting 

 grounds; the latter are the best for duck, geese and English snipe, and the former 

 for deer, quail and hare; July to Dec. are best for deer and Oct. 1 to March 1 for 

 quail; livery charges are from $2,50 to $8 p. d., according to kind of conveyance 

 wanted; hotels about $1 p. d., $4 to $6 p. w.; guides are not required; the surface 

 of the country varies at the different hunting grounds; the only objection mad 

 against shooting on private property is in the grain-growing districts ; the sports- 

 men visiting the above named places can, during the proper seaso n, obtain splen- 

 did shooting; our correspondent writes: "The foothill section and mountains are 

 full of deer and the best of sport can be had within a day or two's ride by wagon, 

 and camping is delightful in this climate." 



Salida (So. Pac.) Duck and geese 9 ni. distant along the San Joaquin river; the 

 first most numerous; Dec., Jan. and Feb. best; no hotels or professional guides at 

 this place; country is wooded and wet; shooting good and owners do not object. 



San Bruno (So. Pac.) Geese, duck, snipe, rail, plover and curlew are found on 

 the marshes about 1 m. from station; the first are most abundant; Nov., Dec., Jan. 

 and Feb. best; livery $4.50 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; no guides; country open and 

 wet; shooting good; owners do not object. 



San Oerenimo (N. P. C.) Good quail shooting can be had from 5 to 20 m. of 

 station; they are the principal game; hotels $1 p. d.; country wooded and hilly; 

 some of the grounds are restricted, but a party of not more than three can gener- 

 ally obtain permission. 



