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Grantville ("W. of Ala.) The shooting is good some season for quail, rabbit and 

 squirrel; Oct. to March best; livery $2 to $2.50 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; guides reason- 

 able; they have trained bird dogs; country open, wooded, rocky, hilly, wet and 

 dry; owners do not object. 



Greensboro (Georgia) From the corporate limits of the town outward rn 

 any direction the game is abundant; quail, a few woodcock, also snipe, duck and 

 rabbit; the first and last most numerous: from Oct. 15 to Nov. 30 best; teams can 

 be hired reasonable; hotels $14 to $16 p. m.; guides not necessary; dogs can be 

 borrowed, not hired; country mostly open with some rocks, woods and hills; per- 

 mission can always be obtained from owners; shooting for quail is excellent; rab- 

 bit numerous, some sauii'rel and a few wild turkey. 



Hamilton (C. of Geo.) Barnes', Brook's and Jones' farms are the favorite 

 grounds, of which the first is best; quail, rabbit and hare, the first most abundant; 

 livery and hotel charges $2 p. d. each: Oct. to March inclusive best; no regular 

 guides; country hilly; owners do not object; good shooting. 



Jug* Tavern (Georgia.) One mile from town quail, rabbit and squirrel are 

 found, the former most abundant; Nov. and Dec. best; livery $2. 50 p. d. ; hotels 

 $1.25 p. d.; guides cheap: bird dogs and hounds can be had; country diversified; 

 only a few owners object; good shooting. 



Kingston (W. & At.) The favorite grounds are within 5 m. of town; quail and 

 turkey, the first most numerous; fall months best; no regular livery; hotels $1.50 

 p. d. ; no professional guides; some citizens have fine dogs; country diversified; 

 most lands are posted, but permission freely given to visiting sportsmen; the 

 shooting is fairly good; during the spring there are a good many wild turkeys in 

 the hills; they are hunted by "calling." 



Iia Grange (W. of Ala.) Fox, rabbit, squirrel and quail are numerous; Oct. to 

 March best; hotels $1 to $2 p. d., $15 to $20 p. m.; country varied; no regular 

 guides, and only private parties own dogs; very few owners object; shooting good, 

 quail plentiful. 



Marietta (W. & At.) The shooting for quail is "very good" on grounds adja- 

 cent; the farmers have their lands posted, but freely give permission to visiting 

 sportsmen; Mr. Wallace, of Atlanta, Ga., writes us that the hunting "is very good, 

 as 1 know from experience" : the charges for living at hotels, and by guides, are 

 reasonable; country diversified. 



P:ulain (B. & W.) Shooting grounds "all within a stone's throw of station" ; 

 deer, rabbit, dove, squirrel and quail; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best ; no regular 

 livery; hotels $2 p. d.; no professional guides; country open, wooded and dry; 

 owners do not object; "good shooting" reported. 



Pearson (B & W.) Good shooting grounds in any direction % m. and more from 

 station; quail, rice birds (reed birds), squirrel and rabbit, the quail and last two 

 named most abundant; Sept. and Feb. best; no season law; livery reasonable, also 

 hotels; parties will guide for 75c. p. d.; no dogs; country pine woods, ponds and 

 river swamps; owners do not object; good shooting for quail and rabbit; a few 

 deer, wild turkey and duck. 



d, (W. & At.) The best grounds are in the immediate vicinity and with- 

 in 5m.; deer, a few snipe, turkey and quail, the last two most abundant; Nov. to 

 Feb. inclusive best; livery $2 p. d.; hotels same price; no regular guides or dogs to 

 hire; country varied, mostly dry; owners have posted their lands, but as a rule do 

 not object to hunting, especially for deer and turkey; good shooting. 



Social Circle (Georgia.) The shooting is good in some sections for quail, fall 

 and winter being best; livery $2 to $2.50 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; no regular guides; 

 bird dogs owned by local sportsmen; country open, wooded, some hills and 

 mostly dry; a few owners object. 



Stunner (B. & W.) Shooting grounds from } to 10 m.; quail, deer turkey 

 and squirrel; the first most abundant; Oct. and Nov. best; livery $5 p. d.'; hotels 

 $2 p. d.; parties, having dogs, will guide at reasonable prices; country diversified 

 mostly woodland; seldom any objection made by land owners; the quail shooting 

 is very good, 



