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moat numerous: March, April, Sept. and Nov. are the best months; livery $3 p. a.; 

 no regular guides; hotels reasonable; country open, with a large number of 

 sloughs and marshes, which if properly hunted will furnish good shooting; owners 

 seldom object, and a little courtesy usually removes objections. 



Forest C tv (M. & St. L.) Buffalo and Coon Groves, the first best; prairie 

 chicken, duck and geese, all but the last very plentiful; Sept. and Oct. best months; 

 livery $3 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; guides with trained dogs at reasonable rates; coun- 

 try open and wet; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Port Dodge (C. R. I. & P.) Prairie chicken, duck, geese, squirrel and 

 rabbit may be found in any direction within 3 to 5 m. of this city; the firft 

 most numerous; Sept. to Nov. inclusive best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d 

 guides and dogs can be had at reasonable rates; country partly prairie and along 

 the Des Moines river wooded and hilly; shooting is considered very good; owners 

 seldom object. 



Fruitland (C. R. I. & P.) Muscatine slough and Keokuk lake 2 m.; duck, 

 (mallard) principally; March, April, Oct. and Nov. best months; livery $3 p. d.; 

 guides $1.50 p. d.; country open and wet; shooting good, and when the water in 

 the Mississippi is high duck are plenty; but few owners object. 



Garner (C. M. & St. P.) West Sioux islands 4 m., Eagle lake 7 m., Twin lakes 12 

 m.; duck and geese principally; Oct. best month; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 guides $2 p. d. : country of a mixed character; shooting very good and no trouble 

 to get to the grounds; owners do not object. 



Gooddell (13. C. R. <fc N.) Grass lake 4 m., Twin lakes 5 m., Bailey's cane breaks 

 8 m., the last best; diick, geese and prairie chicken, the last most numerous; Sept. 

 and Oct. best months; livery $3 p. d.; hotel charges reasonable; guides $3 p. d.; 

 country marshy, wet and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Goose Lake (C. k N. W.) Goose Lake 1 m.; duck, geese and jack snipe the 

 first most numerous; March, April and Nov. are the best months; hotel $1 p. d.; a 

 guide is at this place, but does not charge for taking anybody out; country open 

 and wet; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Gowrie (C & N. W.) Good shooting grounds near station abound ing with duck 

 and prairie chicken, th* first most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2 p. d.; 

 hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; guides with dogs can be procured; country level and wet in 

 few places; shooting very good and owners do not object. 



Grinnell (C. la.) Rock creek bottoms 8 m.and prairies in the vicinity of station; 

 duck, geese, snipe, prairie chicken, quail, plover and rabbit; Sept. and Nov. best 

 months: livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1 to $1.50 p. d.; no regular guides; country low, 

 hilly, prairie and wet; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Guernsey (C. & N. W.) North English bottoms 1 m distant; prairie chicken, 

 duck and rabbit; Sept. to April is the best season; hotel reasonable; guides not 

 needed; country diversified; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Hampton, (C. la.) Prairies within 2 m. yield duck, geese, crane and prairie 

 chicken; Sept. to Nov. inclusive, and also March is the best season; livery $3 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; guides not needed; country mostly a wet prairie; shooting good 

 and owners, as a rule, do not object. 



Hancock (C. R. I. & P.) Duck can be found within a very short distance of the 

 station: April and Oct. best months; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 p. d.; no regular 

 guides; country wooded and the shooting in proper season rery good; owners do 

 not object. 



Harconrt (C. & N. W.) Lost Grove within % m. of station; duck and geese, the 

 former most plentiful; Nov. and Dec. best; no regular hotels; guides not needed; 

 country open; shooting good; owners do not object. 



Hartley (C. M. & St. P.) Duck and prairie chicken in any direction and within 

 a very short distance of station: fall months are the best; livery $3 p. d.; guides 

 are not required, but many settlers consent to act as such; country open and 



