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Mapleton (C. & N. W.) Sioux river 10m.; abounds with duck and geese; the 

 former most numerous; April and Nov. best months; livery $1.50 to $3 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; no regular guides; coiintry wooded and wet; shooting very good. 



Marengfs (C. R. I. & P.) Duck, prairie chicten, quail, snipe and rabbit, can be 

 found within 1 to 5 m. of station; duck are most plentiful; March, April, Sept. and 

 Oct. best months; livery about $3 p. d.; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; guides have trained 

 bird dojs, $2 p. d. ; country wooded and hilly; shooting good, and owners of bot- 

 tom lands, do not object. 



Martins (B. C. R. & N.) Wapsie >;> m. from station; duck, geese, snipe, prairie 

 chicken and pheasant; the first most numerous; April, May, Oct. and Nov. best; 

 part of the surrounding country, is wooded and swampy and gives good shooting; 

 very few owners object. 



Mason City (C. la.) From 3 to 15 m. of this station; duck, geese, prairie 

 chicken and crane can be found in large quantities; the first two are the most 

 numerous; March 15 to May 10 best; livery $2 to $3 p. d.: hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; a 

 guide, with dogs, can be had at very little cost; country mostly open dry prairie; 

 shooting excellent and owners seldom object. 



Massillon (C. M. <fc St. P.) Williams pasture along the "Wapsie river, l>m. 

 and Figley's sloughs 2f 2 m. from station; duck and prairie chicken; the former are 

 most plentiful; Oct., Nov. and April best; hotel $1 p. d.; guides not needed; coun- 

 try open, wooded wet and dry; shooting very good and owners do not object. 



3VTcGreg"or (C. M. & St. P.) Grass lake 2 m., Wisconsin bottoms 3 m., the latter 

 best; duck, woodcock and snipe, the first most numerous; Sept.. Oct , Nov., March 

 and April are the best njonths. To reach either of above places hire; a row-boat at 

 this place, the charge is $1 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides (have no dogs) $2 p. d.; 

 country wooded and wet; shooting is good and owners do not object. 



M<?di* polls (B. C. R. & N.) The bayous and lakes of the Mississippi and those 

 of the Bluff river are best; duck, geese, etc., the former most plentiful; spring 

 months best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels and guides reasonable; shooting very good 

 and but few owners object. 



Msta (C. R. I. & P.) Skunk river and the bottom and timber lands adjacent are 

 % m. from this station; duck, geese, snipe, prairie chicken, quail and rabbit, duck 

 is the principal game; Feb., March, April, Oct. and Nov. are the best months; no 

 hotels, but board can be had in private houses at about 75c. p. d.; guides not 

 needed, but can be obtained at $1.50 p. d. (no dogs); country wet and low, with a 

 number of small lakes on the lowlands; shooting is good; owners do not object. 



shooting is very good and but few owners object. 



Modale (F. K & M. Y.) Ball lake y z m., Missouri river \y z m., O^lhoun lake 

 2 m., Soldier rivet 3 m.: the first named best for duck; geese and a few swan are also 

 found; Nov. and March are the best months; livery $3 p. d.; hotels and guides at 

 reasonable prices, the latter having dogs; country open and wet; the shooting in 

 very good; owners do not object. 



'Mondamin (S. C. &P.) Duck, geese and prairie chicken; the first two most 

 numerous; spring and fall months best; livery $3 p. d.; hotel $1 p. d.; no regular 

 guides; country wet and swampy; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Monroe (C. R. I. & P.) The Skunk river bottoms, 4 to 8 m. from station, furnish 

 good shooting at certain seasons for duck and geese, as the quality of the shooting 

 varies each year, \*rite to Station agent of the C. R. I. & P. before starting: March, 

 April, Oct. and Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; no guides or 

 dogs; country open, wet and dry; owners do not object. 



Moscow (C. R. I. & P.) The river bottoms from 1 to 5 m. distant furnish good 

 shooting; duck and geese, the first most abundant; April and May best; livery 



