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geese and duck are the principal game; the first most numerous; fall and spring 

 months best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides not needed; country open 

 prairie; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Ruthven (C. M. &St. P. &C. R. I. & P.) Lost Island outlet 2m., Trumbull lake 

 6m., both good; duck, geese and prairie chicken, the first most numerous; spring 

 and fall months best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides with dogs $5 p. 

 d.; liverymen will also act as guides; country rolling prairie, swampy and a num- 

 ber of lakes; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Sabula Junct (C. M. & St. P.) The shores of a lake near station abound with 

 duck and woodcock; April, Oct. and Nov. best months; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; shoot- 

 ing good. 



es; very o p. .; oes . o p. .; no regu 

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



8 or ant on (C. N. W.) The country within 10 m. of station abounds with 

 geese, brant, prairie chicken, duck, snipe and squirrel; best mouths are Oct. and 

 Nov. ; livery $3 p, d. ; hotel $2 p. d.; guides with dogs can be procured at reasonable 

 rates; country open and wet; shooting good and but few owners object. 



Sedan (C. B. & K. C.) Duck and snipe within easy reach of the station; hotels $1 

 p. d.; guides not needed; country of a mixed character and shooting is good, espe- 

 cially for ducks; owners, as a rule, do not object. 



Sheldon (C. M. & St. P.) Floyd creek 1 m., Rat slough 9 m., Otter bottoms and 

 Little rock 6 to 10 m.; the last two best; duck, geese and prairie chicken; Sept. best 

 month; livery $3 p. d.; hotels and guides reasonable; country prairie laud a ad 

 dry; shooting excellent and owners do not object. 



She nan do ah (Wabash) Duck (teal) and geese within \}. z m. of station, the first 

 most numerous; Oct., Nov., March and April best months; livery $3.50 p. d.; hotels 

 reasonable; no regular guides; country open and wet; shooting varie.3, at times 

 excellent; owners do not object. 



Sioux Ci^y (C. St. P. M. & O.) V large number of lakes are within 2 to 20 

 m. of this station, the shores of which abound with prairie chicken, snipe, duck, 

 geese and quail; the last three most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best months; livery 

 $3 to $4 p. d.; HUBBARD HOUSE in city $2.60 p. d., hotels in country $1 p. d.'; 

 guides not needed; country is of a mixed nature and in the month of March af- 

 fords fine duck shooting; our correspondent writes: "Visiting sportsmen are well 

 taken care of and reduced rates are made at the hotels for them." 



Sloan (S. C. k P.) Prairie chicken, duck and geese, the first two most numer- 

 ous; Nov. and Dec. best; livery |3 p. d.; hotels reasonable; no regular guides; 

 country open and wet; within 10 miles of station can be found very good shooting 

 and owners do not object. 



South English. (B. C. R. & N.) Skunk river 1C m., English River timber 2 m., 

 duck, principal game; Nov. and Dec. best months; livery $2.50 p. d.; hotels reason- 

 able; guides not needed; good bird dogs can be procured in the town; country 

 wooded and marshy; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Spechts Perry (f*. M. & St. P.) Duck and woodcock principally on islands 

 of the Mississippi river near station; Aug., Sept. and Oct. best mouths; sfeiffs can 

 be hired for 25cts per day each person; no regular guides or hotels; country 

 swampy and wooded; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Spirit take (C. M. & St. P., & B. C. R. & N.) Shooting grounds near station; 

 duck, prairie chicken, geese, brant, j tck rabbit, quail, crane and snipe, the first two 

 most numerous; Sept,, Oct., Nov. and last of March best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; 

 hotels in the city or lodges on the shores of the lakes at reasonable rates; guides 

 \\ ith dogs at fair prices; country dry rolling prairie, some parts of which are tim- 

 bered; shooting is A No. 1, especially for snipe, duck, chicken, geese and brant; 

 owners do not object. 



Stanhope (0. & N. W.) No particular hunting grounds, as game is very near 



