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to Dec. 1 for duck, geese, crane and brant; winter months for jack-rabbit; no 

 regular livery; hotels $1 p. d.; guides $'2 p. d.; country mostly ipen, rocky, 

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



Winfred (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting ground near station; prairie chicken, duck 

 and geese; first two most abundant; Sept. best for chicken; livery $3 p. d.; hotels 

 $1.50 p. d.; no professional guides; country dry rolling prairie; shooting good 

 anywhere near by; lakes all around the town; owners do not object. 



Windsor (N. P.) Good shooting 1 ni. from station in any direction; geese, 

 duck, chicken and jack snipe, the two first most numerous; April, May, Sept. and 

 Oct. best; livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides who have dogs make reasonable 

 charges; country open and dry; owners do not object; shooting good. 



Wolsey (C. & N. W.) Prairie and sloughs from 1 to 10 m. from station; prairie 

 chicken, duck and geese; first best; Aug. and Sept. best; livery $'2 to $3 p. d.; 

 hotels $1.50 p. d.; dogs can be had; shooting good and very few owners object. 



Woonsocket (C. M. & St. P.) Chain of lakes 14 m.; Long lake 3 m.; Clear 

 lake 2*2 m.; Callaghau lakes 12 m.; first best; brant, geese aud duck; last most 

 abundant; Sept. and Nov. best; livery $2.50 and $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; 

 $4.50 p. w.; trained dogs can be had ; country diversified ; shooting good; 

 chickens abundant; owners do not object. 



Wyndmere (N. P.) In Aug. Sept. and Oct. the shooting for duck, geese and 

 chicken in the vicinity of station is reported as "splendid"; no livery needed; 

 hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides not necessary; country open and wet; owners do not 

 object. 



n (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting grounds 3 m. and farther from station; 

 are cicken, duck, geese and quail; first three most numerous; after 15th of 

 g. best time; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; guides and dogs can 

 had ; country dry prairie land ; shooting excellent and very few owners 



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Archer (F. R. & N.) There is "moderately good " shooting over the surround- 

 ing country for quail, duck, turkey and squirrel, first and last most numerous; 

 Sept. 1st to last of Feb. best; livery charges moderate; hotels $2 p. d. ; guides, who 

 also have trained dogs, at reasonable rates; country high pine woods, dry, also 

 wet flats, hammocks and rocks; owners do not object. 



Auburndale (So. Fla.) The grounds are: Highland lake 4 m. N. E. of station 

 and Myrtle lake 3 m. West; the first best for quail and deer; turkey, duck and dove 

 are also fuund; quail most abundant; Dec. and Jan. best; livery from $1.50 to $5p. 

 d ; hotels $2 to $3 p. d.; guides, who also have trained bird dogs, $2 p. d.; country 

 open woods, hilly with numerous lakes and occasional marshes; owners do not 

 object; our correspondent writes: "Quail shooting splendid, that for deer good 

 and for duck and turkey indifferent." 



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 English snipe, at times are very abundant." 



Citra (F. R. & N.) Cabbage hammock y z m. from station is the best ground, 

 but really good only for squirrels and a stray turkey from the Orange groves, in 

 which there is very fine shooting for turkey and quail, but owners strongly 

 object; winter months best; hotels $2 p. d.; guides not needed; no dogs. 



Como (J. T. & K. W.) The favorite grounds are: Como, Haw creek and Lake 

 Crescent all within 1 to 5m.; second is best for deer and turkey, and first for quail 

 and woodcock; quail and "pigeons" most abundant; livery, hotels and giiides rea- 

 sonable, the latter owning deer hounds only; owners do not object; medium good 

 shooting. 



