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some parts hilly; shooting is very good. There are a chain of la>es 12 m. north of 

 this place that are reported to be the best duck grounds in the State, and the adja 

 cent prairies abound with "chic .en"; owners do not object. 



Hawarden (C. & N. W.) Prairie chicken, duck, geese, quail, snipe and jack 

 rabbit, the first three most numerous; Sept. and Oct. are the best months: livery 

 $2.50 to $5 p. d,; hotel $2 p. d.; guides with dogs can be had at reasonable rates: 

 coimtry open and dry, except in the valley, where it is wet; shooting good and 

 owners do not object. 



Hinton (111. C.) Floyd river bottoms and the fields in the vicinity; prairie 

 chicken, duck, geese and quail, first most numerous; livery $3 p. d.; hotels rea- 

 sonable; no regular guides; country open and dry; shooting good and but few 

 owners object; March, April, Sept., Oct. and Nov. best months. 



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 object. 



Humboldt (M. & St. L.) Thompson's slough 3 m., Bass lake 6 m., Owl lake 10 

 m., the first be*t; mallard duck, prairie chicken, crane and geese, the first two 

 most numerous; March, April, Sept., Oct. and Nov. are the best months; livery 

 $2.50p. d.; hotels $2 p. d, ; guides (can furnish dogs) $3 p. d.; country open and 

 wet and furnishes excellent duck (principally mallard) shooting: other shooting 

 also very good and owners do not object. 



Iowa Falls (B. C. B. & N.) On the prairie and marshes adjacent may be 

 found duck, prairie chicken, jack snipe, geese and brant; the first most plentiful; 

 March, April, Sept., Oct. and Nov, best; mouths; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $1 to 

 $2 p. d.; guides furnished by the liveryman; country open; shooting excellent in 

 season; our correspondent writes: " Extra good duck shooting in fall and winter; 

 good for chickens in Sept. and Oct., the first month best." 



Jamaica (C. M. & St. P.) Ducfc, rabbit, quail, geese and prairie chicfcen; the first 

 most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best mouths; livery $2.50 p. d.: hotel $1.50 p. d.: 

 guides with dogs can be had at reasonable rates; country diversified; shooting 

 good and owners do not object. 



James (111. C.) Prairie chicken are the principal game; Sept to Dec. bes f 

 months; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels reasonable; liverymen act as guides; country- 

 dry rolling prairie; shooting good; a few geese are also killed during the month of 

 Dec. in each year; owners do not object. 



Kaxnrar (C. & N. W.) Mud lake and the country within 3 m. of station; geese, 

 brantandduck, the last are most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best months; livery $3 

 p. d.: no regular hotel; guides not needed; country open and wet, a great many 

 ponds; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Kelley (C. & N. W.) Duck, prairie chicken and geese within a short distance 

 from station; Aug. to Dec. inclusive, best; hotel 75cts. p. d.; $3 p. w.; country prai- 

 rie land with numerous small ponds; shooting good and owners, as a rule, d^ not 

 object. 



Keoknk (St. L. K. & N., & K. & W., & Wabash) The best shooting is at Way- 

 lands 13 m.; duck and snipe; plenty of them; country low and swampy; the 

 spring shooting lasts from three to four weeks commencing when the ponds are 

 free from ice; the fall shooting lasts longer: Sedan is another good point, as the 

 ponds in that locality are filled with duck during the sea -on; good squirrel shoot- 

 ing also; write to J. F. Elder, Keokuk, Iowa, for further details; livery $2 to $4 

 p. d.; hotels $1 to $3 p. d.; no regular guides; shooting good, at times excellent; 

 owners seldom object. 



Iiake City (C. &; N. W ) Prairie 9 m. distant; prairie chicken, geese and duck, 

 the last named most numerous; Oct. and Nov. principal months; livery $3 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; n > regular guides; country prairie land and wet; shooting excel- 

 lent and owners, aa a rule, do not object. 



Lake Mills (M & St. L.) Bear lake 6 m., Bice lake 2 m., and Walnut lake 7 m.; 



