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together; hotels $2 p. d., $8 p. w.; plenty of volunteer guides with dogs; country 

 open sedge fields, pine woods and cultivated fields; owners do not object; our cor- 

 respondent writes : "Shooting as good as can be found; I have spotted 25 bevies of 

 quail in one day's hunt." 



New Smyrna (B., S. & A.) The adjacent country affords good shooting for 

 deer, quail, snipe, woodcock and some bear, the three first most abundant; no legal 

 season; winter months best; livery $2, $3 and $5 p. d., according to "rig;" hotels 

 $3 to $4 p. d. ; guides who have trained hounds and bird dogs $4 p. d.; country 

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

 "There is no better s-hooting in the state that is so close to settlements." 



Ocala (F. R. & W.) The grounds lie anywhere from 1 to 2 m. of station, where 

 you can have good quail or duck shooting; corn fields for first and cypress ponds 

 for ducks; squirrels and a few deer can also be found; quail most abundant; Nov. 

 1 to March 1 best; livery $1.50 to $3 p. d.; hotels $2 to 4 p. d.; guides reasonable; 

 they have trained bird dogs; country open fields, woods and hammocks; owners 

 do not object; our correspondent writes: "Shooting very good in season; myself 

 with two others have often killed 60 to 75 quail in a day." 



Orlando (So. Fla.) The shooting grounds commence 1 in. from town; deer, tur- 

 key, duck, quail and suipe; last two moot abundant; Nov. to Men. inclusive best; 

 livery $2 to $5 p. d.; hotels $5 to $15 p. w.; country all kinds except rocks and 

 hills; very few owners object; our correspondent writes: "Shooting good; no 

 regular guides or trained dogs for hire, but strangers will be shown the courtesy 

 due to brother sportsmen." 



Owensboro (So. Fla.) The grounds all around station afford excellent shooting; 

 deer, quail, panther, foxes, &c., the first two abundant; winter moutbs best; livery 

 moderate; hotels $2 p. d.; volunteer guides with deer dogs only; country high 

 pines, open and dry; owners do not object; our correspondent writes: -Quail 

 shooting splendid, that for deer the same. Our resident sportsmen have a cordial 

 welcome for those who visit us. " 



Panasoffkee (F., R. & N.) The grounds are within 2 to 20 m.; desr, tur- 

 key, quail, squirrel, and occasionally bear, panther and wildcat; the first four named 

 most abundant; in the winter from Dec. 15 ducks are plenty; livery $3 to $6 p. d., 

 according to rig; hotels $2 p. d., $10 p. w. or $35 per mouth; guides $1 to $2 p. d.. 

 not over $1 when they furnish team or boat; guides can get hounds if they do not 

 own them; count y usually heavily timbered, wet lauds and flat country; but few 

 owners object, some do to running deer over their lauds with hounds; our corre- 

 pondent writes: "The shooting is A No. 1." 



Pemberton Perrv (So. Fla.) The quail are abundant all around the station in 

 lepine woods; winter months best; no regular livery: private board $2 p. d.; no 

 jgular guides or trained dogs for hire; country varied; owners don't object; 



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