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the station and in all directions; prairie chicken, geese and duck principally; Oct. 

 and Nov. best months; no livery needed: hotel $3 p. d.; no regular guides; country 

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



Storm Lake (111. C.) Storm lake and prairies adjacent; duck, geese and prairie 

 chicken; Sept. to Dec. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; guides with dogs 

 can be hired at small charges; country open and dry, except a few ponds and 

 lakes northeast of this place; shooting good, especially for geese; owners, as a rule, 

 do not object. 



Story City (C. la.) Prairie } m. from station yields duclr; quail and prairie 

 chicken; Aug. to Nov. inclusive are the best months; livery $2 p. d.; hotel $1 p. d.; 

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



Sulphur Spring's (111. C.) Prairie chickens, duck and geese, the first two most 

 numerous; Oct., Nov. and Dec. are the best months; no regular livery; boarding 

 house $1 p. d.; guides not needed; country open and dry; shooting very good and 

 owners do not object. 



Tania City (C. M. & St. P.) Iowa river bottoms 3 m. from station; duck princi- 

 pally; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; guides not required; country wet and shooting good; 

 owners do not object. 



Underwood (C. R. I. & P.) Rabbit shooting only, but that is excellent; owners 

 do not object; winter months best; "no livery, hotels, guides or dogs," so saithour 

 correspondent. 



Walling-ford (B. C. R. & N.) High lake 4 m., Ryan lake 3),' m., Twelve Mile 

 lake, 4 m., Swan lake, 3 m., the first best for duck, crane, geese and prairie 

 chicken, the last most numerous; April and Sept. best months; no livery, hotels or 

 guides can be had; country upland prairie and some of the lakes have marshy 

 shores, while others are sandy; shooting very good and but few owners object. 



Wall .Lake (C. & N. W.) Goose pond ^4 m. from town; duck and geese very 

 few of the latter; Sept , Oct. and Nov. best months; livery $3 p. d., but none are. 

 required, neither are guides; country very wet, shooting being mostly done from 

 boats; it is excellent; owners do not object; our correspondent writes: "The 

 shooting cannot be beaten anywhere on earth." 



Wapells (B. C. R. & N.) Port Louisa 6 m. from station; duck, geese, brant and 

 jack snipe; the first most numerous; Sept., Oct., April and May are the best 

 months; livery $3.50 p. d.; no hotels, but accommodations can be had at private 

 houses; guides not required; the country is of a mixed character, the greater part 

 being wet prairies; shooting is good, and a number of islands in the Mississippi 

 river, within a short distance of Wapello furnish good duck shooting when the 

 water is high; owners do not object. 



Waverly (111. C.) Duck and prairie chicken are the principal game within 

 10 to 20 m. of station; April and Oct. are the best months; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; 

 hotels reasonable; no regular guides; country fairly level and wet; shooting is at 

 times very good and but few owners object. 



Webster City (111. C.) Quail, pheasant, deer and prairie chicken, the last 

 most numerous; spring and fall months best ; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels reason- 

 able; liverymen will send guide as driver; country prairie, partly timbered and 

 marshy; shooting good and owners seldom object. 



West Grove (C. B. & K. C.) Turkeys, grouse, prairie chicken, quail and rabbit, 

 the latter a^e very plentiful; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1 p d.; no regular guides; 

 country mostly wooded; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Weston (C. R. I. & P.) Missouri river 12 m.; duck, geese and prairie chicken, 

 the first most numerous; Oct. 1 to Dec. 20 inclusive best; hotel $1 p. d.; guides 

 not needed; country wooded and open and generally wet; shooting good and but 

 few owners object. 



Willets (C. B. & K. C.) Fox river and country in the vicinity abound in 

 turkey, quail and rabbit; the last most numerous; Nov. and Dec. best months; no 

 livery; nearest hotel 6 m. distant; guides with dogs at reasonable rates; country 

 timbered and wet, and the shooting is good; owners as a rule object and permission 

 must be obtained before shooting. 



