104 MINNESOTA! 



station; duck, "chicken," geese, brant and crane; first two most abundant: Sept.* 

 Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2.50 to $3 p. d.; hotel and guides reasonable; dogs can 

 be had; country mostly prairie; but few farmers object; shooting "fine." 



Milaca (St. P. M. &M.) Country adjacent "from 1.0 rods to 10 m.;" bear, deer 

 and partridge; hotels reasonable; country wooded; shooting good; no regular 

 livery or guides; owners do not object. 



Milan (C. M. &St. P.) LacQuiParlelakeSm.; geese, "chicken" and duck princi- 

 pally; last most numerous; hotel on lake $1 p. d.; country level, rocky and dry; 

 shooting good and farmers do not object. 



Minneiska (C. M. & St. P.) Zumbro and Mississippi river bottoms 1 to 5 m.: 

 first best for duck, the latter for woodcock, snipe, etc.; quail and partridge are 

 also found; duck and quail most numerous; livery not needed; hotel flip, d.; 

 guides, with dogs, fl p. d.; ducking grounds low and wet; quail country dry and 

 b shy; shooting excellent and owners do not object; our correspondent writes: 

 "Shooting is A No. 1." 



Mission Creek (St. P. D.) Bear, wolf, wild cat, deer and pheasant; last two 

 most ulentiful; Nov , Dec. and Jan. best; boarding houses at moderate rates; coun- 

 try mostly wooded, some hills and swamps; deer shooting near by and very 

 good, especially when swamps are frozen; owners do not object. 



Moose Lake (St. P. & D.) Deer principally; Nov. and Dec. best; hotels reason- 

 able; country wooded and dry; good sho ting and owners do not object. 



Mora (St. P. *T. & M.) Snake river and other grounds; first best for deer, 

 which are abundant; bear, partridge, grouse and quail are also found; Dec. best; 

 livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides, with dogs, at moderate prices; country 

 wooded and dry, hilly and wet, all pine timber; shooting good and owners do not 

 object. 



Morris (N. P. & St. P. M. & M.) Best grounds about 5 m.; geese, brant, duck 

 and an abundance of "chicken;" livery, with guide, $4 p. d.; hotels $1.50 and $2 

 p. d.; guides have dogs; country open prairie, both wet and dry; both the shoot- 

 ing and accommodations reported excellent and owners do not object. 



Motley (N. P.) Deer, black and cinnamon bear, some moose and abundant 

 small game; deer and partridge most plentiful; livery $4 p. d., including driver; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; guides, with dogs or hounds, moderate; country wooded and 

 wet; shooting reported t,ood and owners do not object. 



Mound Prairies (C. M. & St. P.) Day Valley y z m., Big slough y z m.; last 

 best; partridge, duck and wolf; Oct. and Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; guides, with 

 hounds, $1 to $2 p. d.; country wooden and dry, with low hills; shooting gener- 

 ally very good, but one land owner objects; "tirds numerous and wolf and fox 

 quite abundant." 



Mountain Lake (C. St. P. M. & O.) The land bordering on and within a radius 

 of 6 m. of Mountain lake: duck, geese and "chicken;" latter most plentiful; Aug. 

 15th to Nov. 1st best; livery, with driver, $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides, with 

 dogs, at nominal prices; land open with sloughs and small lakes; shooting gener- 

 ally good and farmers do not object. 



Muskoda (N. P.) Grounds 100 yards and outward from station; jack rabbit, 

 grouse, duck, geese and "chicken;" latter most abundant; livery $2 p. d.; hotel $1 

 p. d.; guides, with dogs, reasonable; open prairie land; shooting reported "splen- 

 did" and owners do not object. 



Ncrstrand (M. & N. W.) The shooting grounds lie within a radius of 4 m.; 

 "chicken," duck and eese; first most abundant; Aug. 15th to Sept. 1st best; hotel 

 $1 p. d.; no livery, guides or dogs: first not needed; country open, hilly and dry; 

 a few owners object; shooting "fairly good." 



Nicollet i<3. & N. W.)- Swan and Middle lakes 2 m.; wildfowl principally; Sept. 

 and Oct. best; hotels $1 p. d.; country wet; good shooting; no objection made 

 by farmers. 



XTorthfield (C. M. & St. P.) Prairie creek and Castle Rock in vicinity; "chicken," 



