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rirs$ best; duck, geese, prairie chicken, brant and snipe, the first three numerous; 

 April, May, Sept. and Oct. best months; livery $2 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; guides do not 

 charge anything for their service; country mostly open and wet, some places dry; 

 shooting good and no objection made by owners. 



Round Grove (C. & N. W.) McCue sloughs 3 m.; duck, geese and snipe, the 

 first most numerous; early in the spring ana late in the fall best: livery $2.50 p.d.; 

 hotel $1 p.d.; guides not needed: country open and wet and shooting good; a few 

 owners object to shooting; a good prairie chicken section. 



Saunexnin (Wabash.) Vermillion swamps 10 m.; duck and geese; spring and 

 fall months best; country open and wet; shooting good. 



Savanna (C. M. <fe St. P.) The ponds tributary to the Mississippi river and adja- 

 cent to this station abound with duck and geese, the former being the most numer- 

 ous; March, April, Oct. and Nov. are the best months: livery moderate; hotels 

 $1.50 to $2 p. d.; no regular guides; country open and wet; shooting excellent 

 and but few owners object. 



Segfel (Ills. C.) Prairie 2 to 3 m. distant; quail, squirrel, rabbit and prairie 

 chicken, the first two most numerous; Dec. and Jan. best; livery $2 p.d.; hotel 

 $1.25 p.d.; no regular guides; country open and wooded; shooting good, especi- 

 ally for quail; very few owners object to shooting. 



Sheffield (C. R. I. & P.) Green river 10 m. and country in the vicinity of sta- 

 tion; duck, geese, prairie chicken and jack snipe; all but the last are plentiful; 

 Oct. and Nov., April and May best; livery $3 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; guides at moder- 

 ate cost; country open and wet; no objection to shooting on private lands; shoot- 

 ing very good. 



Sparland (C. R. I. & P.) Illinois river bottoms, 1 in., are the nearest shooting 

 grounds; dock, rabbit, squirrel and pheasant, the first two are the most numerous; 

 March, April, Sept. and Nov. are best; livery charges (livery l^' m. distant) $2 p.d.; 

 hotels and guides are at Lacon, \y z m distant from station on the other side of Illi- 

 nois river; boats, decoys, etc., can be hired at from $1.50 to $1.75 p. d.; country 

 wet bottom lands with a small undergrowth of brushwood; shooting good and 

 owners do not object. 



St. Anne (C. I. St. L. & C. & C. & E. I ) Beaver lake and Kankakee marsh 18 to 20 

 m. distant; geese, duck, brant, snipe and prairie chicken; the first two most nu- 

 merous; fall months best; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; guides can be obtained at mod- 

 erate cost; country open and shooting good; in some cases permits are required 

 from owners of lauds, but generally there is no charge. 



Stoning-ton (Wabash.) Flat Branch and woods adjacent; duck and squirrel; 

 Nov. and Dec. best; livery $3 p. d. ; no hotels or guides: country wet and shooting 

 good; permission must be obtained to shoot on most of the grounds. 



Symertom (Wabash.) Goose lake 6 in.; duck and geese; the first most numer- 

 ous; Nov. and Dec. best: livery $1.50 p. d. ; hotel $2 p. d.; guide $2 p. d.; country 

 wooded, hilly and dry; shooting good; "sportsmen are at liberty to shoot any- 

 where." 



Thomson (C. M. & St. P.) Dyson's lake 3 m.; duck, snipe and prairie chicken, 

 the first most numerous; hotel $1.50 p. d.; livery moderate; no regular guides; 

 country diversified; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Topeka (Wabash.) Cran-i lake 6 m.; Haren's slough 6 m.; duck and jack snipe, 

 the first most numerous; winter months best; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; hotel charge 

 reasonable; no regular guides; country open and level; shooting good; oiily a 

 few owners object. 



Venice (Wabash.) Breeze lake 3 m., and prairie 7 m. distant; geese, duck and 

 rabbit, the first most numerous; livery $3 to $3.50 p. d.; hotel $1 p. d.; country- 

 prairie, wooded and wet; no professional guides; shooting good. 



