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VIRGINIA. 



Elkton (Shen. V.) Quail are the principal game of this section; Nov. best 

 month, no regular hotels, livery or guides; country open and hilly; shooting 

 good; all farms are posted, and permission must be obtained to shoot. 



Eppes Falls (Brighthope.) The surrounding country on both sides of the Ap- 

 pomattox river adjacent to this station; deer and turkey; the first most numerous; 

 Sept and Oct. best; board c*n be had at farm houses in the vicinity at a moderate 

 cost; no regu'ar guides ; country wooded, level and swampy; shooting good; Ep- 

 pington and Greenland swamps 1 m. distant are the best grounds; permission can 

 readily be obtained from farmers. 



Fairfield (B. & O.) Turkey, pheasant, quail, rabbit and fox in the vicinity of 

 station ; last three most numerous, June, Nov. and Dec. best, livery and hotel 

 moderate; country varied; good shooting and but few farmers object. 



Farmville (Nor. & W.) No particular grounds all good, hare, quail and deer; 

 first two most numerous; Oct. 15th to Feb. 1st best; livery $3 p. d ; hotels $2 and 

 $2.60 p. d.: no regular guides; country hilly and wooded, shooting very good; 

 many farmers obj< ct and charge from $o to $15 p. d. for privilege. 



Fredericks bur gf .R. F & P ) Grouse, woodcock, quail and hare; the latter two 

 most numerous; Nov. and Dec. btst; livery $3 p. d.; hotel $'2.50 p. d.; guides $2.50 

 p d.; country diversified, shooting good and farmers do not object when guides 

 accompany sportsmen. 



Gala Water (Rich. & A.) Patterson's creek 12 m., Sinking creek 10 m., Daggers 

 spring 3 in.; the first besi, deer, turkey, quail, pheasant and bear; three first most 

 abundant; Oct. and Nov. best, livery $1 p. d ; hotel $15 to $30 p. m ; guides $1 p. 

 d.. country varied; snooting very good and farmers do not object. 



Gilmore (Rich. & A.) The mountains and fields within 10 m. of station; deer, 

 quail, hare, fox, pheasant and tear; three, first most abundant; livery (saddle 

 horse) $1 p. d.; hotel reasonable; no regular guides; country mountainous, 

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



Glade Spring 1 (Nor. & W.) White Top Mountain and farms and forests adja- 

 cent to station; quail, hare, turkey, deer and fox; firsc two most numerous; Nov. 

 best; livery $1 p. d.; hotel $1.50 p. d.; no regular guides, country wooded, hilly 

 and dry; shooting good and but few farmers object. 



Glenwood (Rich. & A.) Arnold's valley and the country along the north side 

 of river in the vicinity of the station, the first best; partridge, turkey, rabbit and 

 deer; the first are most numerous; Nov best; livery (saddle horse) $1.50 p. d.; ho- 

 tel $2 to $2.50 p. d.; no regular guides, the surface of the country varies; shooting 

 is very good; a few of the owners object to hunting on their lands. 



Greenville (Shen. V.) The grounds lie within % to 4m.; pheasant, quail, 

 quirrel, rabbit, deer, bear and fox; the three first most abundant; Nov. and Dec. 

 best; no regular livery; hotels $2 p. d.; no professional guides or trained dogs; 

 country open, hilly and wooded; a few owners object, shooting fairly good. 



Harrisonbnrg" (B. & O.; Within a radius of 12 m the following game can 

 readily be found; qua-ii, turkey, pheasant, bear and dee ; the first and last moat 

 abundant; Oct., Nov. and Dec best; livery $1.50 to $2 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; no 

 regular guides, but attendants can be had at a very moderate charge; country 

 partly open and wooded and dry; shooting good, especially for quail; many farms 

 are posted, 



Hunting 1 Creek (E. S. S. B. Co.) Guilford, Hunting, Messongo and Pocomoke 

 Sound; all good; quail, wild fowl, woodcock and rabbit; the first most numerous; 

 livery $2.50 p. d.; hotel $1.50 p. d,; boatmen $2.50 p. d.; country diversified; 

 shooting good and farmers seldom object. 



Jetersville (Piedmont.)- Wild turkey and quail are the principal game; Nor. 

 and Dec. best; hotels reason-able; guides 75 cents p. d.; country mostly wooded 

 and hilly; but few farmers object and shooting is god. 



Iiee (Rich. & A.) Quail and rabbit principally; Nov, and Dec. best; no regular 

 hotels or guides, country varied; shooti g very fair- some farmers object. 



