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good; partridge and rabbit; last most numerous; Dec., Jan. and Feb. best months; 

 livery reasonable; hotels $1 p. d.; guides moderate; guides have dogs; country 

 rocky, dry and wooded; shooting good and farmers do not object. 



Rock Rift(N. Y. O. & W.) Shooting grounds near station; bear, fox, rabbit and 

 partridge; last three most abundant; Oct., Nov. and Dec. best months; hotels moder- 

 ate; guides and hounds can be had; country wooded, hilly and dry; shooting 

 good aud farmers do not object. 



Rockville Centre (L. I.) Shooting grounds near station; rabbit, woodcock, 

 quail, partridge, meadow lark and snipe; Dec. best month; livery reasonable; ho- 

 tels $1.50 p. d.; no guides; country diversified; shooting quite good, and on lands 

 not preserved farmers do not object. 



Ronkonkoma (L. I.) The immediate vicinity affords "fair to good" shooting for 

 pa tridge, woodcock, duck, rabbit and quail; last two most abundant; no regular 

 livery; hotels and guides reasonable; the latter have trained dogs; country open 

 and dry; only a few owners object. 



Roslyn (L. I.) The adjoining woods afford good shooting for quail, partridge, 

 rabbit, duck and squirrel; Nov. best; livery reasonable; hotels 1 2 p. d.; guides, 

 who also have trained dogs, $1 p. d.; country rocky, hilly and wooded; owner* 

 do not object. 



Rouse's Point (D. <fc H. C. and Or. T.) Lake Champlain ^ m.; duck of all 

 kinds; Sept. to Dec. best; livery $2 to $5 p. d.; hotels $2 to $3 p. d.; boatman, in- 

 cluding boats, $1.50 to $2 p. d.; good duck shooting and owners do not object; our 

 correspondent writes: "The best of duck shooting." 



Sag" Harbor (L. I.) Shooting grounds > m. northwest and 1 m. north; first 

 best; rabbit, geese, snipe, quail, partridge and duck; last three most numerous; 

 Nov. and Dec. best months; livery reasonable; hotels $1 to $4 p. d.; guides, with 

 dogs, can be had; country open and wooded; shooting reported "good at times;" 

 some farmers object. 



Savoua (D. L. A; W.) Good shooting in all the surrounding country; rabbit, 

 fox, partridge and squirrel; first two most abundant; winter months best; livery 

 $2 p. d. ; hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides not needed; country partly wooded, hilly and 

 dry; shooting good and farmers seldom object. 



Schodack (B. & A.) Hudson river 2 m. from station; duck principally: April, 

 Sept. and Oct. best months; livery $1 p. d.; hotels $1 p. d.; country wet; shooting 

 good; owners do not object. 



Sciota (D. & H. C.) Grounds 1 to 5 m. from station; partridge, woodcock, rab- 

 bit and fox; from Sept. 1 best time; livery, with guide, $2 to $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. 

 d.; country diversified; shooting good and farmers do not object. 



Shandaken (U. & D.) Gossoo'a Whitney's and Lamoree's ^ ni. from sta- 

 tion; last best; bear, squirrel, fox, rabbit and partridge; last three most abun- 

 dant; Nov. and Dec. best months; livery $1 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides $2 p. d.; 

 no dogs; shooting good and owners da not object; country wooded, marshy and 

 hilly. 



Sherbnrn (D. L. & W.) Fair shooting can be had in the surrounding woods; 

 partridge, squirrel, woodcock and rabbit; two first most numerous; for squirrel 

 and woodcock Aug.; for partridge Sept., Oct. aud Nov.; hotels $2 to $2.50 p. d.; 

 local hunters will act as guides; country wooded, hilly and dry; owners do not 

 object; our correspondent writes: "Small game is fairly plenty; good foxhunt- 

 ing." 



Shokan (U. & D.) Shooting grounds from 1 to 5 m. from station; partridge, squir- 

 rel, fox, rabbit, woodcock and bear; first two most abundant; Oct. and Nov. best 

 months; livery $1 to $5 p. d.; hotels $1 p. d.; guides $1.50 p. d. ; guides have dogs; 

 country wooded aud dry; shooting gooc 1 and owners do not object. 



Sloatsburg" (N. Y. L E. k W.) Bamapo Mountains } to 10 m.; woodcock, part- 

 ridge, rabbit, etc.; first two most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best months; hotela^$2 

 - p. d. ; guides car be had; country rocfey, hilly and dry; shooting "quite good;" a 

 few of the farmers object, man} do not. 



