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merous; Nov. and Dec. best; livery $1 to $2 p. d.; hotel reasonable; guides, with 

 hounds $1 to $2 p. d.; country varied, wet and dry; ov/ners do not object; our 

 correspondent writes: "Shooting good the best." 



Shubuta (M. & O.) Heards Bend 2* m., Dicks creek 4 m., River Cut Off 3> m.; 

 all good; turkey, partridge (quail), duck and squirrel; quail and squirrel most nu- 

 merous; Nov. to Jan. best; livery $1.50 p. d.; hotels moderate; guides have no 

 fixed charge?; a few bird dogs; country open, wooded, wet and dry; owners do 

 not object; shooting good; visiting sportsmen are welcomed. 



Starkville (111. C.) Grounds from 3 m. to 10 m. around station; deer, turkey, 

 quail, snipe and squirrel; squirrel and quail most numerous; May, Sept., Nov. and 

 Dec. best; livery $1 p. d. for saddle horse, $3 p. d. for horse and buggy; hotels 

 $1.50 to $2 p. d.; no professional guides; attendants $lp. d., with trained dogs'; 

 country open, wooded, wet and dry; majority of owners do not object; shooting 

 good. 



State Line (M & O.) Np particular grounds; deer, turkey, quail and squirrel; 

 quail most numerous; Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan. and Feb. best; livery reasonable; ho- 

 tel $1.50 p. d.; country wooded, hilly, wet and dry; owners do not object and 

 shooting is good. 



Sucarnochee (M. & O.) Game within 1m. of station; deer, turkey and squir- 

 rel found; squirrel most plentiful; Sept. to March 1st; no regular livery, hotels or 

 guides: country wooded, level and dry; owners do not object; hunting very 

 good. 



IiUla (L., N. O. & T.)-Moon la' e 1 m., Texas Island l>2m. and Cold Water 5 m.; 

 Moon lane for duck and geese, Texas Island for turkey and squirrel, and Cold 

 Water for bear, deer, turkey and squirrel; all very plentiful; Nov., Dec. and Jan. 

 best; livery moderate; no hotels; private houses will accommodate; guides and 

 hounds can be had at reasonable rates; country wooded, table land; owners do 

 not object; shooting good; for quail it is fair. 



Summit (111. C.) Fields and woodlands in any direction from 1 to 20 m.; fields 

 best; turkey, dove and quail; last two most numerous; Oct. and Nov. in fields, 

 Dec. and Jan. in woods; saddle horse $1.50 p. d., horse and buggy $2 50, hotels $2 

 p. d.; guides $1 p. d.; country varied, generally dry; owners do not object; 

 shooting very fair; resident sportsmen are very hospitable. 



Valley (111. C.) Grounds around the station; partridge (quail) and squirrel are 

 the game found; partridge most plentiful; no regular guides, hotels or livery; 

 coumtry diversified; owners do not object; shooting good. 



Vaug'han (111. C.) Bottom and hills ) m. from station; first best; bear, deer, 

 quail, squirrel and rabbit; three last most numerous; Oct. to March best; livery 

 very reasonable; hotel $2 p. d.; guides not needed; country wooded, hilly, wet 

 and dry; owners do not object; shooting "good as the state affords." 



Vicksburgf (L., N. O. & T.) Deer creek; bear, deer, turkey, duck and geese; 

 Dec. and Jan. best; planters act as volunteer guides; country wooded; owners do 

 not object; our correspondent writes: "Hunting as good as can be found.' 



Wahalak(M. & O.) The country } m. from station; east is best for turkey and 

 partridge (quail), west for squirrel and large game; partridge, squirrel, deer and 

 tur ey; partridge and squirrel most numerous; no regular livery; hotels $1.25 p. 

 d. or $12.50 p. in.; guides not needed; no trained dogs; country east open and 

 rolling, west wooded and wet; owners do not object; partridge shooting as fine as 

 can fee found anywhere. 



Watsolia(L. N. O. & T.) Steel's bayou swamps 9 m. from station; all good, 

 bear, deer, turkey, due* and squirrel; bear, turkey and squirrel most numerous; 

 saddle horse $1 p. d. ; hotel $2 p. d.; guides, with hounds, $2.50 p. d.; country- 

 swampy; owners dte not object; shooting very good. 



Winona (111. C.) Grounds within 2 m. of station; quail, turkey and squirrel; 

 quail and squirrel most numerous; Nov. and Dec. best; livery, double team and 

 driver, $3 and $3.50 p. d.; hotels reasonable; no professional guides; country 

 varied, broken and thickly wooded; a few owners object; shooting for q,uail and 

 squirrel is excellent. 



