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Durbin(St P. M. & M.) Duck, geese and prairie chicken; first most abundant; 

 April and May best for d>icks; Sept. and Oct. for chickens; hotels $1.50 p. d.; 

 country partly opeu and partly wooded; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Eckelsoii (N. P.) Lakes are numerous within 5 ni.; geese, duck and brant most 

 abundant; "chicken," plover, wolf, fox and antelope are also found; Sept., Oct. 

 and Nov. best; livery $4 p. d.; boarding houses $1 to $1.50 p. d.; guides reasonable 

 and they have dogs; country open, wet and dry; owners do not object; good 

 I? hooting. 



Elkton(B. C. R. & N.) Lake Sheogetan, Lake Camel, 16 m., and surrounding 

 country; duck, geese, jack rabbit and prairie chicken; last most abundant; July, 

 Aug., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; no regular guides; 

 dogs can be had; grounds open and level, gently rolling near lakes; shooting good; 

 owners do not object; our correspondent writes: "Grounds are good and game 

 plenty." 



llendale (C. M. & St; P.) James river 20 m.; West Cotoes 20m., and the sur- 

 rounding country; first best; geese snipe, duck and prairie chicken; last two most 

 numerous; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best: livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; no regular 

 guides; part of grounds open and dry and part marshy; shooting good and owners 

 do not object; duck and geese numerous in Oct. and Nov. 



Emery (C. M. & St. P.) Wolf creek 1 m. and other grounds 12 m. from station; 

 prairie chicken, duck and geese; first most numeious; Aug. and Sept. best; livery 

 $3 p. d.; hotels moderate ; guides $1 p. d.; shooting grounds open and dry; shoot- 

 ing good; owners do not object. 



Fargo (C. M. & St. P,) Good shooting grounds within an hour's ride in any di- 

 rection from station; prairie chicken, duck and geese; Aug. 15 to Oct. 1 best for 

 chickens; Sept. 15 to Nov. 1 for ducks and geese; livery $4 p. d.; hotels moder- 

 ate; no guides needed; no dogs; country prairie; shooting very good; owners do 

 not object. 



Flandreau (C. M. & St. P.) Big Sioux river and surrounding prairie; duck and 

 prairie chickens; laat most abundant; Aug. and Sept. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels 

 S'Jp. d.; shooting grounds dry, open prairie; shooting "fairly good"; owners do 

 not object. 



Frankfort (C. <t N. W.) Jim river 1 m. and other grounds near station; rabbit, 

 duck, geese and prairie chicken; last most abundant; Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov. 

 best; livery $b p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides $1.50 p. d.; country both wet and 

 dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Freeman (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting grounds } to 2 m. from station; prairie 

 chicken, duck and geese; first two most abundant; first part of May and Sept. best; 

 livery reasonable; hotels $1.25 and $2 p. d.; trained dogs can be had; grounds 

 principally dry; shooting good; permission must be obtained from owners. 



Gary (C. <fo N. W.) Shooting grounds 5 to 10 m. from station; duck, geese, brant, 

 plover, jack rabbit, prairie chicken and crane; last two weeks of Aug. best for 

 chicken; livery $4 p. d. ; hotels 2 p. d. : guides $2 p. d.; guides have dogs; country 

 open, hilly and dry; shooting very good and owners do not object. 



Groton (C. M. & St. P.) Sand lake 1G m.; James river 8 m.; Big Slough 10 m.; 

 last best; duck and geese; Oct. and Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 and $2 

 p. d.; guides and dogs can be had; gi'ounds open and wet; shooting good; owners 

 do not object. 



Hebron (N. P.) In all the adjacent country shooting is good; antelope, jack rab- 

 bit, "chicken," white and black tailed deer, some wolf, fox and beaver; the three first 

 named moat abundant; best hunting in spring and fall; livery $3 to $4 p. d. ; hotels 

 $4 to $6 p. w.; guides $2 p. d.; no dogs; country is generally open, very hilly in 

 places and dry; owners do not object; prairie chicken are quite numerous, also 

 duck and gee.se in spring and fall; the antelope generally spend the winter in the 

 "Bad Lauds" in herds and about May 1 they begin to scatter and in June they 

 breed. As Nov. approaches they herd and when winter begins they leave 

 for the "Bad Lands" again. Some herds, however, stay in the vicinity of 

 Hebron throughout the winter. 



