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pally; some geese; Oct. best; livery $3.50 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; guides, with 

 dogs, $2.50 p. d.; country mostly prairie and level; shooting good and very few 

 owners object. 



Lake Elmo (C. St. P. M. & O.) Adjacent land; geese, duck, "chicken," pheas- 

 ant and small game; first two most numerous: Sept. and Oct. best; hotel $2 p. d.: 

 country open and wooded, hilly and dry; shooting reported very good in season; 

 first-class accommodations for sportsmen and owners do not object to shooting; no 

 regular livery or guides. 



Lakefi >ld (C. M. & St. P.) Heron lake 1 m.,Boatlake, 4 m., Okabena creek 5 in.; 

 first best for duck and geese, last two for "chicken" in Aug. and Sept.; Oct. for 

 wild fowl; livery $2 p. d.; hotels $1.50 p. d., $5 p. w.; guides, with dogs, $1.50 and 

 $2 p. d.; country open and rolling, both wet aud dry; good shooting and farmers 

 do not object. 



Lamberton (C. & N. W.) Grounds near by; duck, geese, jack rabbit and chicken; 

 last most abundant; Aug. and Sept. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $1.50 p. d.; 

 country level and dry; shooting generally good and but few owners object. 



Le Sueur (C., St. P. M. <fe O.) The best grounds lie within 2 to 10 m.; chicken, 

 pheasant and quail; first two most abundant; Sept and Oct. best; livery $2.50 p.d.; 

 hotels $2 p.d.; no professional guides or trained dogs; country open, brushy, 

 timbered and dry; owners do not object; shooting good. 



Luverne (C., St. P. M. & 0.) Adjacent land; "chicken," duck and pigeon; first 

 most plentiful; Aug. 15 to Nov. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d., or $0 p. 

 w. ; guides, with dogs, $3 p. d.; country open, level and dry; shooting reported 

 good in season and but "one farmer out of ten objects." 



Madison (M. & St. L.) Minnesota bottom land and Lac Qui Parle lake 10m., 

 also numerous other smaller lakes near by; last best for duck, which are most 

 abundant; "chicken," geese, brant and rabbit are also found; latter part Sept. and 

 1st Oct. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.: guides at little cost; bird dogs 

 obtainable; country open and rolling, with numerous sloughs; some farmers ob- 

 ject to shooting but most of the country is free; shooting good. 



Mankato (C. & N W. and C. St. P. M. & O. and C. M. and St. P.) Belgrade 

 woods and prairie, Rush lake country; Swan lake and numerous other grounds 4 to 

 10m.; first best; duck and geese plentiful; grouse, quail, pheasant, deer, rabbit, 

 woodcock, snipe, etc.; August 15 to Nov. 15 best; livery $2 to $4.50 p. d.; hotels $1 

 to $2 p.d.: country varied; shooting good and grounds easy of access by excel- 

 lent roads; as a rule farmers do not object. 



Manchester (M. & St, L.) Best ground 5 m. west: wild duck of all kinds and 

 "chicken;" last most numerous; lastSept. and Oct. best; livery 3 p. d.; hotels $2 

 and $2.50 p. d at Albert Lea, 7 m.; country level prairie, with numerous ponds,fre- 

 quented by large flights of duck every fall; shooting very good; a favorite resort for 

 local sportsmen; owners do not object. 



Map'e Plain (St. P. M. & M.) Independence lake and passes; deer, squirrel, 

 rabbit, partridges and duck; last most numerous; Sept. and Oct. best; livery, with 

 d iver, $3 p. d.; land wooded; good shooting; a license fee of $100 per year is 

 charged at Woodward's Pass, a celebrated ground. 



M^ pie ton (C. M. & St. P.) Duck, geese and "chicken;" March, Aug. and Oct. 

 best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 p. d.; country generally open; shooting good 

 and farmers do not object. 



Marshall (C. & N. W.) Goose, Wood and Swan lakes and any dire ctiou from 



