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Battle Lake (N. P.) Good shooting all around town for "chicken," duck and 

 geese; an occasional deer is found; chicken and geese most numerous; Aug. to Oct. 

 inclusive best; livery $2 to $4 p. d.; hotels $1 p. d.; guides, who also have a few 

 bird dogs, at reasonable prices; country diversified; a few owners object. 



Beaver Creek (C. St. P.M. & O.) Adjacent prairie; duck, geese, "chickens;" 

 latter most plentiful; Aug. 15th to Sept. 15th best; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; hotel 

 $2.50 p. d.; lands generally dry; a few farmers object to shooting, which is re- 

 ported "fairly good according to season." 



Big" Lake (N. P. & St. P. M. & M.) The favorite grounds are Craig's prairie 6 m. 

 and Rice lake 12 in.; the first best for ' chicken," the last for duck and bear; deer, 

 geese and grouse are also found: the first two most abundant; fall of the year 

 best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; guides, who also have trained dogs, 

 $5 p. d. ; country wooded and open; a few owners object; good shooting. 



Bird Island (C. M. & St. P.) Grounds about 1 in.; "chicken," duck and geese; 

 duck most numerous; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; coun- 

 tryopen prairie; shooting unusually good and farmers do not object. 



Blooming* Prairie (C. M. & St. P.) Grounds 3 m. and beyond; chicken and 

 duck; first most plentiful; Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 best for chicken; livery charges rea- 

 sonable; hotels reasonable; mostly prairie land, with many small lakes and 

 sloughs; chicken shooting good and farmers seldom object. 



Bluift n (N. P.) Good shooting in adjacent country for deer, duck, grouse and 

 chicken; last two most abundant; Oct. and Nov. best; no information as to guides, 

 hotels, livery and dogs; country hilly, wooded and marshy; owners do not ob- 

 ject. 



Brainerd (N. P.) Deer, bear, pheasant and water fowl; Nov. best; hotels $2 p. 

 d.; livery reasonable; guides not needed; this is an excellent place for sportsmen 

 headquarters; the country is wooded and wild with numerous lakes containing wild 

 rice; game very plenty and owners do not object. 



Brand' n (St. P. M. & M.)-Grounds 1m. or more from station; chicken, geepe, 

 duck, pheasant and jack rabbit; chicken most numerous; livery $2 p. d.; hotels $1 

 p. d.; guide's charges moderate; dry prairie land; shooting good and owners do not 

 object. 



Breckenridgfe (N. P.) Grounds adjacent; chicken, duck and geese; Sept. and 

 Oct. best; livery not needed; hotel $1.50 p. d.; dogs easily obtained; open prairie, 

 with numerous sioughs; shooting first-class and owners do not object. 



Brown's Valley (St. P., M. & M.) Traverse lake! in., Big Stone lake 3 m.; 

 geese, duck, chicken, etc.; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery and guides not needed; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; country open and dry; our correspondent writes; "Shooting 

 splendid and owners make no objeciion." 



Brownton (C. M. & St. P.) Baker's lake 3 m., Lake Addie 1 m., Lakes Mary, 

 Manion and Brownings 4 m.; first best; geese, duck, 'chicken;" August for the lat- 

 ter and October for uild fowl; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 and $2 p. d.; land open, 

 level and wet; a few farmers object to shooting, which is good. 



Caledonia Junction (C. M. & St. P.) Mississippi river bottoms; duck, snipe 

 and woodcock; first most plentiful; Sept. for woodcock, Oct. for duck; hotels 75c. 

 p. d.; no regular guides or livery; land wooded and wet; shooting good. 



Carver (C. M. & St. P. and M. & St. L.) Marion lake 7 m., Louisville lake 2 m.. 

 Rapids lake 1^ 2 in.; Louisville best for duck; mallard most plentiful; Aug., Sept. 

 and Oct. best; livery $3 p. d ; hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides, with dogs, $1.50; land 

 open and wet; shooting depends upon season; generally good; as a rule, owners da 

 not object; quail, chicken and grouse are also found in considerable numbers. 



Castle Bock (C. M. & St. P.) Adjacent lands; "chickens" principally; Aug. and 

 sept, best; no public houses, land open and level, some marshy; a few farmers ob- 

 .ject to shooting, which is reported good. 



Centre City (St. P. & D.) Sunrise river 5 m. and adjacent lakes; duck and geese. 



