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South Corinth (Adirondack.) Kayderosseras mountains 1 m. from station; 

 squirrel, fox, rabbit and partridge; first most abundant; Sept. best month; livery 

 $2 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d. ; no guides; country hilly; shooting good and owners do 

 not object. 



South Oyster Bay (L. I.) Great South Bay and marshes 1 m ; shore snipe, 

 duek, quail, plover, geese, English snipe and partridge; Oct., Nov., Feb. and March; 

 livery 50 cents each way; hotels $2 p. d.: guides $2 to $3 p. d.; guides have t ained 

 dogs; country wooded, level and wet; shooting very pood; our correspondent 

 writes: "More sportsmen come to this station for gunning purposes than any other 

 on this line;" owners, as a rule, do not object. 



Spencerport (N. Y. C. & H. K.) Braddock's Bay 12 m., Long Pond 12 in.; first 

 best; all kinds of duck; Oct. and Nov. best: livery $.3 to $5 p. d.; hotels moderate: 

 no regular guides; country open and wet; shooting good; "some woodcock and 

 rabbit shooting in season;" grounds open to all. 



Spring* Lake (H. & C. W.) Shooting grounds > 4 ' to 2 m. from station-, 

 squirrel, partridge, woodcock, rabbit, etc.; first most numerous; Sept. and Oct. 

 best for squirrel, Aug. for woodcock; hotels moderate; country wooded and wet; 

 shooting very good. 



Spring* Valley (N.Y.L.E.&W. ) Shooting grounds surrounding station; north of 

 station best; quail, rabbit, partridge and woodcock; first two most abundant; Oct 

 1 to Jan. best; livery 25 to 50 cents per mile; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; guides $3 p. d.; 

 guides have trained bird dogs; country wooded and hilly, wet and dry; shooting 

 generally good; some farmers object. 



State tine (N. Y. L. E. & W.) Good shooting all around the station for quail 

 and rabbit; Oct. best; hotel $1 p. d.; country open and dry; owners do not 

 object. 



St. James (L. I.) Grounds adjacent to station; woodcock, duck and quail: last 

 most abundant; Nov. best: livery $5 p. d.; boarding houses $1.50 p. d., $6 and $7 

 p. w.; guides and dogs can be had; country miscellaneous; shooting good for 

 quail and woodcock; indifferent for duck; some farmers object, others do not; 

 portion of the land is leased to Brooklyn Gun Club. 



St. Regis Fa'ls (Northern Adirondack) The Sixteen Mile Level 12 m. 

 and numerous lakes and ponds from 3 to C m. distant; all excellent; deer, part- 

 ridge, gray squirrel and occasionally a bear; deer most abundant; Aug., Sept. and 

 Dct. best months; livery $2.50 p. d.: hotels $1.50 to $3 p."d. ; guides $2.50 p. d ; 

 guides have dogs; our correspondent writes: "Shooting very good. I have known 

 one man to start from here on the A. M. train and return on the evening train 

 with four deer." 



Stone Bridge (L. & H.) Bellvale Mountains and Pitt's swamp; Pitt's swamp 

 best; rabbit, woodcock, quail, partridge and snipe; partridge and quail most nu- 

 merous; Nov. and Dec. best months; no livery; hotels moderate; guides $1 p. d.; 

 no dogs; country wooded and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Stony Bronfc (L. I.) Shoo.ting is reported good on the adjacent lands; wood- 

 cock, partridge, quail and rabbit; last two most abundant; Nov. best; hotels $7 p. 

 w.; livery $1 to $3 p. d.; guides, with dogs, $1.50 to $3 p. d.; country open, 

 wooded, hilly and dry; some owners object. 



Stony Poin*" (West Shore.) Shooting grounds 5 m.; woodcock, rabbit, quail 

 and partridge; first three most abundant; Oct. best month; no regular livery or 

 hotels; guides and dogs can be had; country miscellaneous; shooting good: duck 

 are occasionally found; some farmers object. 



Syasset (L. I.) The shooting grounds reported good, lie within > a ' to '2m.: 

 quail, woodcock, partridge and rabbit; last most abundant; early part of legal sea- 

 won best; livery $2.50 p. d.; hotels $1 p. d. ; guides, who also have trained dogs, $2 

 p. d.; country diversified; some owners object. 



Syracuse (N. Y. C. & H. R.) Our correspondent reports fair shooting from *2 to 

 10 m. distant for woodcock, partridge and duck; the latter being very abundant in 

 the fall at Oneida and Cross lakes; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best for general shooting; 

 livery $2 to $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; guides, with bird dogs, $2.50 p. d.; 

 country wooded, marshy, hilly, wet and dry; owners do not object. 



