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Larimore (St. P M. & M.) Good shooting grounds 3 to 15 m. from station; 

 duck, geese, brant and prairie chicken; all plenty; livery $3 and $5 p. d.; hotels 

 $2 p. d.; no regular guides or dogs; country open prairie and marshes; shooting 

 good and owners do not object. 



Lennox (C M. <fe St. P.) Lake Albert 2 m., Wall lake 12 m., Lake Elliott 3 m. 

 and others; Lake Elliott best; duck, prairie chicken, brant, jack rabbit, geese and 

 snipe; Sept. aiid Oct. best; livery $3 p. d.: hotels $1.25 and $2 p. d.; guides moder- 

 ate; bird dogs can be had; country open prairie land interspersed with lakes, 

 ponds and rivers; shooting very good; owners do not object. 



Letcher (0. M. & St. P.) Grounds adjacent to station; duck and prairie chicken 

 last most mimerous; Sept. and Oct. best livery $3 p. d.; country open prairie; 

 shooting reported very good and owners do not object. 



Lisbon (N. P.) Big slough and Lone tree lake, also fields and prairie 1 to 12 m.; 

 first best; crane, snipe, geese, duck and prairie chicken; last two most abundant; 

 Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels moderate: no regular guides; dogs 

 can be had; couutry prairie and slough; shooting very fair and owners do not ob- 

 ject. 



Madison (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting grounds 3 to 13 m, from station; duck, geese 

 and prairie chicken; March, April, Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2.50 to $4 p. 

 d.; hotels $2 p. d.: guides and dogs can be had; country open and wooded, wet 

 and dry; shooting good; owners do not object. 



Manchester (C. & N. W.) Mud lake 3 % m.; duck, geese and prairie chicken; 

 first most abundant; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2 and $3 p. d.; hotels $1 p. 

 d.; $4 p. w.; country open and dry; shooting at times is excellent and owners do 

 not object. 



Mapes (St. P M. & M.) Lake Lauretta 2 m. from station and surrounding coun- 

 try; first best; duck, geese, brant, crane, prairie chicken and plover; Sept. 1 to Dec. 

 1 best; livery reasonable; hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides moderate; country open, roll- 

 ing and dry; shooting excellent; owners do not object. 



Mapleton (N. P.) Shooting grounds close to station; prairie chicken, grouse, 

 snipe, plover, curlew, duck and geese; Sept. and Oct. best; livery moderate; hotels 

 $2 p. d.; no guides; country dry prairie land; shooting very good; owners do not 

 object. 



Medina (N. P.) The shooting points are several lakes from > to 4 na. distant; 

 duck, geese, swan, plover, curlew, jack snipe, antelope and deer; the four first, ex- 

 cept swan, are most abundant; Sept. and Oct best; livery moderate; hotels $1 p. 

 d.; no regular guides and but few trained dogs; country open, hilly, wet and dry; 

 owners do not object; duck shooting very good, for other game indifferent. 



Medora (N. PJ The Bad Lands surrounding the town are the shooting grounds; 

 deer, grouse, antelope and mountain sheep; first most numerous; Nov., Dec. and 

 Jan. best; livery $2 and $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides $5 p. d ; country hilly; 

 hunting very good; our correspondent writes: " This is the best place in Dakota 

 for deer." Owners do not object. 



Melville (N. P.) Good shooting for grouse, duck, geese, sandhill crane, plover, 

 snipe, curlew, deer and antelope, water fowl and grouse being most abundant; from 

 Aug. 15 to Dec. and in April best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides with 

 hounds or bird dogs $5 p. d.; country diversified but no woodland; owners do not 

 object. 



Menoken (N. P.) At Long lake 15 m. south and small lakes north and northeast, 

 and in the immediate vicinity of station good hunting grounds are located; duck, 

 geese, snipe and "chicken " are abundant; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2.50 

 to $3 p. d.; hotels $1 p. d.; guides who have dogs make rsasonable charges; coun. 



