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L esburg" (F. R. & N.) The surrounding lands within a radius of 5 m. give 

 good shooting for quail, turkey and deer, the first most abundant; Dec. Jan. and 

 Feb. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides not needed; country generally 

 dry and open. 



Live Oak (S. F. & W.. F. R. N.) Good grounds all around station for 10 or 

 more miles; quail in abundance; about 20 in. south turkey and deer are found; 

 quail and dove are most abundant; Dec. 1 to Mch. 1, best; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d. ; negro boys act as guides; no trained d< gs; country open wooded, 

 low and wet; very few owners object ; our correspondent writes : ' Sportsmen say 

 our shooting is good and are delighted with the inexhaustible supply of quail and 

 doves." 



Longrwood (So. Fla.) Lake Apopka 8 m., "Wekawa river 2 m., Lake Jessup 

 4 m., Clay Spiiugs 7 m. and Rock Springs 8 m., are the favorite grounds; all good 

 for deer and turkey; quail in abundance; duck, English snipe, bear, wildcat and 

 squirrel are also found; quail and snipe most abundant; Nov. to Feb. best; livery 

 $3 to $5 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides, with hounds and bird dogs, $3 p. d.; coun- 

 try open, dry and swampy; owners do not object; our correspondent writes; 

 "Quail shooting best in the world." 



Msii'-lison (F. R. & N ) The grounds lie anywhere in the county and in Taylor 

 county adjoining; the first best for small game and last for deer, quail, snipe, 

 ducks, geese, woodcock and turkey, first most abundant; Oct. 1 to Mch. 15 best; 

 livery $2.50 to $5 p. d.; hotels $2 to $2.50 p. d.; country open woods and low- 

 lands: owners do not object; shooting excellent; resident sportsmen owning dogs, 

 kindly volunteer their services to visiting field sportsmen ; our correspondent 

 writes : " A good shot will bag 50 to 200 quail a day; thousands of duck in winter; 

 ' bear, turkey and deer 5 to 30 in. south, small game such as quail, snipe, squirrel, 

 etc., anywhere." 



Maitland (So. Fla.) Quail, snipe and wild pigeon plentiful; first most abund- 

 ant; Nov. to Feb. 1, best; livery moderate; hotels $'2 to $4 p. d.; guides (no dogs) 



Malabar (reached via Titus ville or Rockledge by steamer.) The best shooting 

 grounds are: Atlantic beach 3 in. for bear and deer and the "flat woods" and 

 Savannahs to head of St. John, an unsettled district 60 to 80 square miles, where 

 deer are principally found; winter months best; boats can be had for $1.50 to $2 p. 

 d.; guides who also own trained dogs $1.50 p. d.; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d. ; country 

 open, wooded and dry; owners do not object; our correspondent writes : "Deer 

 sometimes are killed in the cultivated fields and vegetable gardens near by; 40 m. 

 below Malabar at Indian River Inlet, plenty of deer can be found." 



Msmtee (So. Fla. to Tampa, thence by steamer;) The best shooting is at the 

 Miaka lakes, 22 in. and numerous other grounds within easy distance; the first 

 best; deer, turkey, quail, duck, squirrel and rabbit; all numerous; Nov. t-> Mch. 

 best; stage, semi-weekly, $3 p. d. and private conveyance .-?">; boarding bouses 

 $1.50 p. d.; camping best; guides and dogs can be had at the shooting grounds for 

 $1.50 p. d.; country open, wooded and flat; owners do not object; our corres- 

 pondent writes : " They are the best shooting grounds in the state." 



Marianna (L. & N.) The country for 20 m. around the station affords 

 Bplendid shooting; quail most abundant; Nov. to April best; livery moderate; ho- 

 tels reasonable; a few guides and trained dogs, but visiting hunters should provide 

 their own dogs; country old fields and barrens, wooded, undulating and dry; own- 

 ers do not object; our correspondent writes: "Deer are plentiful within 15m. and 

 a number have been killed within 1 m. of town; turkey in abundance (i. e., for tur- 

 key) within 2 m. ; during Nov., Dec., Jan. and Feb. ducks by the 1,000 can be found 

 within 3 m.; squirrel and quail everywhere; no uncommon thing for two men to 

 bag 75 to 100 ^uail in a day. These statements relative to hunting are made upon 

 honor." 



Monti cello (F. R. & N.) The best grounds are Miccassukie and Silver lakes, 

 Ancilla, Wacissa and Ecorfina rivers; duck and quail equally abundant; Oct. 

 to March inclusive best; livery $1 per hunter, when two or more go 



