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IiOCk SptfitttJfS (Wabash Western.) Long lake; Round la''e and Cane lake; duck, 

 snipe, quail and "chicken;" all very plentiful except 1 st named; Sept. 1st to Nov. 

 inclusive for duck and spring months for quail: livery $2.50 p. d. ; hotel $1 p. d.; 

 no regular guides; the prairie adjacent is low and wet and wooded in the vicinity 

 of the lakes; a few farmers object; good shooting; "an abundance of game." 



IiOg'an (St. L. & S. F.) The best grounds are in Stone and Barry counties from 

 12 to 20 m; deer and turkey are the principal game; Nov. and Dec. best; livery $3 

 p. d.; hotels $lp. d.; no regular guides; country hilly and rocky; shooting good 

 and excellent facilities are afforded for camping out; owners, as a rule, do not ob 

 ject when sportsmen are unaccompanied by hounds. 



Louisiana (St. L. K. & N W.) Oil wells or Love Station 8 in. and Narrows 3 m.; 

 first best; duck, quail, turkey, pheasant and squirrel; first two most numerous; 

 livery $3.50 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides $1.50 p. d ; country diversified; shoot- 

 ing good and but few objections are made on farm lands and none on the bottom 

 land. 



towry Oity (K. C. & S.) The best grounds are: Muddy 3 m.; Horse Shoe Bend 

 8m., Taberville 1(5 m.; last best; duck, geese, snipe, deer, turkey, rabbit and squir- 

 rel; the first most abundant; Feb. 15 to May 1 and Oct. to Dec 20 best; saddle horse 

 $1 and double team $3 p. d.; hotels $3 to $3.50 p. w. ; guides numerous and cheap; 

 dogs scarce; country diversified; owners do not object; "good shooting, depend- 

 ing however on the weather for duck; Horse Shoe Bend good for turkey." 



Marsh, field (St. L. & S. F.) Quail, turkey and deer most anywhere outside the 

 city limits; Nov. best, livery $2.50 p. d.; hotel charges reasonable; country open, 

 wooded and dry; shooting first-class and owners do not object. 



Missouri City (Wabash Western.) Cooley's lake 3 m. distant is the principal 

 ground; duck, geeee and quail; the first two most numerous; Nov. 1st to Dec. 15, 

 March 1st to April 20 best; hotel at lake $2 p. d.; country diversified; shooting 

 good; owners do not object 



New Madrid (T. & St. L.) Little river swamp 6 m. and Negro wool swamp 14 

 m., the first best; duck, geese, turkey, deer and bear; the first most abundant; 

 Dec. and Jan. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.: guides $1 to $3 p. d.; country- 

 wooded and swampy; good shooting and owners do not object. 



Newport. From this point the Black River Transportation Company runs 

 through a grand hunting section for 250 m. north and south; deer can be found 

 in numbers about 15 m. north of Pocahontas and about 20 m. south of Powhatau; 

 fair hotels at both places, the proprietors of which will furnish information, guides, 

 etc. In addition to deer, wild turkey, duck, etc., arelound in abundance within 3 or 4 

 m. of either town. The best way is to camp out, taking steamer for the selected 

 point. The entire country is just opened up and the game is undisturbed; guides 

 can be had for $1 p. d.; bear are found in the wilder portions of the country. For 

 further details write to A. Bushnell, G. P. A. Black River Trans. Co., Kansas City, 

 Mo. 



Norborne (Wabash Western) The best grounds are: Heysniger lake 4 m, 

 Mudd lake 3 m., Summers' lake 4 m., Hudson's lake 3 m., Mencill lake 2^ m., Bo\v/ 

 dry lake 8 m., and numerous sloughs adjacent; duck, snipe, grouse, geese, brant, 

 swan, plover and curie w ; first three most abundant; Oct., Nov. March and April best; 

 livery $3 and $3.50 p. d.; COMMERCIAL HOTEL $1 p. d.; country mostly an open 

 prairie which borders on the Missouri river and contains a number of lakes and 

 sloughs of which the above are the principal ones ; splendid shooting can be had, 

 especially for duck and snipe; our correspondent writes: "Persons visiting this 

 place receive every r attention while here from local sportsmen, who will guide pat,, 

 ties over the best grounds free of charge. 



