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and pheasants principally; first most numerous; Sept. 15 to Nov. 15 best; livery 

 $1.50 p. d.; hotels $1.50 p. d.; country generally dry and open, some wooded and 

 marshy; good shooting, especially for pheasant, and owners do not object; duck 

 are scarce or abundant according to season. 



Claikfield (M & St. L.) Adjacent prairie land; "chicken," duck and geese; last 

 two most plentiful; Sept. and Oct. be-*t; livery $4 p. d.; hotel reasonable; country 

 open prairie, high and rolling; shooting good, especially for chicken, and farmers 

 do not object. 



Clitheral (N. P.) Good shooting in the immediate vicinity; duck, geese, "chick- 

 ens," deer, rabbit; bear and partridge; first three most numerous; Aug., Sept. and 

 Oct. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels reasonable; guides, with bird dogs, obtainable; 

 country diversified; owners do not object. 



Clontarf (St. P , M. & M.) Shinnick's lake 2 ni. and other grounds; duck, geese 

 and "chicken;" April, May, Sept. and Oct. best; guide, with team, $4 p. d.; hotels 

 $5 p. w.; country open; good shooting and owners do not object. 



Cromwell (N. P.) Grounds adjacent; deer, bear, grouse and duck; last most 

 abundant; Sept. & Oct. best; hotels $1.50 p. d.; country wooded and dry; shoot- 

 ing good and owners do not object. 



Cyrus (N. P.) Good shooting in all directions near the station; "chicken," 

 geese, duck and jack rabbit; all in abundance; fall and spring best; livery 2 p. d.: 

 hotels $1.50 p. d.; no professional guides or trained dogs; country open prairie 

 with some marshy ground; owners do not object. 



Dakota (C. M. & St. P.) Spring lake, Goose lake and "Hammond's Shot" 1> 2 to 

 3m.; woodcock, geese and duck; last most plentiful; Sept. for woodcock; Oct. 20th 

 to Nov. 10th for duck; livery not needed; board at $1 p. d.; guides, with boat and 

 tent, $20 p. w.; country wooded and wet; shooting very good if the fall is wet 

 enough to flood the marshes; best shooting can be obtained by camping; farmers 

 do not object. 



Dalton (St. P. M. & M.) Clear lake 2 m., Ten Mile lake 4 m.; last best; duck, 

 geese and pheasant; duck most abundant; Sept. and Oct. best; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 country mostly wooded and dry; a few farmers object to shooting, which is good. 



Darwin (St. P. M. & M.) East lake pass 4 in.; duck principally; Sept. and Oct. 

 best; no regular livery, hotels or guides; country wooded and wet; good shooting; 

 owners do not object. 



Daws on (M. & St. L.) Adjacent lands; "chicken," duck and geese; first most 

 plentiful; Aug., Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; guides, 

 with trained dogs, $3 p. d; country open and dry; shooting good, especially for 

 chicken; owners do not object. 



Deer Creek (N. P.) Good shooting for deer, 



Delhi (M. & St. L.) Surrounding laud within 3 m.; duck, geese and "chickens" 

 plentiful; livery, including driver, $3 to $5 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; guides 

 not needed; country level prairie land, with numerous lakes; shooting very 

 good and owners do not object. 



Detroit (N. P.) The grounds are Rice, Tamarack and Cormorant lakes all 

 within 7 m., and Indian Reservation 4 m.; all equally good; duck, geese, deer and 

 "chicken;" two first most abundant; Aug. for chicken; Sept. and Oct. for dues 

 and geese and Dec. for deer; livery, $5 p. d., including driver; hotel $2 p. d.; 

 guides (no good dogs) $2 p. d.; country some dry prairie, mostly rice lakes; gov- 

 ernment or railroad land free to ail; our correspondent writes; "Shooting good, 

 cannot be excelled." 



Dodge Centre (C. N. W.) "Chicken" principally; Sept. best; livery $3 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d. ; mostly rolling prairie : shooting very good, and owners, u-< a rulr. 

 do not object. 



