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geese; first most abundant; Nov., Dec. and Jan. best; livery $2 to $4 p. d.: no reg- 

 ular guides or trained dogs; shooting from shore or boat; owners do not object. 



Qolconda (So. Pac.) The hunting is done in the hills 12 m. from station; sage 

 hen, duck, beaver, "cotton tails" and jack rabbit, last named most abundant; Sept. 

 and Oct. best; livery $5 p. d.; hotels $10 p. w.; no guides or dogs; country hilly 

 and rocky; owners do not object; shooting very good the first month of season; a 

 bird similar, if not identical, with the California mountain quail, made its first ap- 

 pearance lately on the above grounds. 



Hawthorne (C. & C.) Walker lake 3 m. gives good shooting for duck, geese and 

 swan; first most abundant; Oct., Nov. & Dec. best; livery $5 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d. ; 

 guide $2 p. d ; shooting from boat orshre; government reservation; permission 

 to shoot given by Indian agent. 



IiOvelocks v'So. Pac.) Very good duck ani geese shooting can be had within 2 

 to 10 m. from town; livery moderate; also hotels; country open plains; owners 

 do not object. 



Palisade (So. Pac. and E. & P.) The shooting lies over the country adjacent to 

 station; east, west and south best for duck; north for deer and sage hen; duck most 

 abundant; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best for sage hen and duck; Nov., Dec. and Jan. 

 fordeer; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; hotels $3 p. d.; guides (no dogs) about $3 p. d.; 

 country open, hilly, though not mountainous; owners do not object; shooting 

 very good for duck, indifferent for deer, fair for chicken. 



Stewart (F. E. & M. V.) In the surrounding country "chicken" are plenty; on 

 the Niobrara river duck and geese are numerous; deer are also killed; chicken 

 most abundant; fall of the year best; livery $2 p. d. : hotel $5 p. w.; no guides 

 needed; bird dogs can be had; country open, wooded and hilly; owners do not 

 object; shooting good. 



Tecoma (So. Pac.) The best grounds are the Buel Mines 5 m. for deer, and 

 Warm Springs 4 m., for duck; antelope and rabbit are also killed; Dec., Jan. and 

 Feb. best; hotel $1.50 p. d.; no guides or dogs; country open, hilly, rocky, dry; 

 owners do not object; good shooting. 



Wells (So. Pac.) Salmon river, Black mountain and Trout creek are good hunt- 

 ing grounds; deer, antelope, grouse, sage hen, fox and wolf; first two most abund- 

 ant: Sept. 1 to Feb. 1 best; livery $3 to $10 p. d.: hotels moderate; guides, with 

 dogs, $10 p. d.; country diversified; owners do not object; shooting good. 



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Compton Village (B. & Me.) The best grounds are: Durgin hill > m., Kenis- 

 ton's hill \y z m., Waterville 10 in., Pine Plains 1> m.; first named best for part- 

 ridge, fox and deer; rabbit and squirrel are also killed; partridge most abundant; 

 Oct. best; livery $2 p. d.; hotels reasonable; guides, with trained dogs, can be ob- 

 tained; country wooded, hilly and dry; owners do not object; very good shoot- 

 ing. 



Canaan (B. & Me.) Very fair shooting in the surrounding woods from 1 to 10 m. 

 distant; partridge, fox and squirrel; two first named most numerous; Oct. and 

 Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels reasonable; country wooded, rocky and hilly; 

 owners do not object. 



Centre Ossippee (B. & Me.) The Pine river woods and the Ossippe lake 1m. 

 from station afford good shooting for partridge and duck in Sept. and Oct.; livery 

 not needed; hotels and guides, with trained dogs, reasonable; country mostly 

 small pine land and birch growth; owners do not object. 



Conway Centre (P. & O.) The best grounds are: Eattlesnake range 2m.; 



