GAME AND FISH RESORTS, 49 



"BlackfuTd, County — 



Monipelier. From Montpelier as a centre the sportsman will find seventeen 

 thousand acres of splendid shooting ground, perfectly level. The game include^ 

 u ^ T turkey, ruflfed grouse, woodcock and wild, fowl of all varieties. Take 

 the Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad. Private board can be obtained 

 • t the farmhouses. 



Hartford City. Wild turkeys and quail in the immediate vicinity of the town 

 Reachec^ via the Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad. 



tirawford County— 



Wyandotte. In the Greenbrier and Blue Rivers is good fishing for black basb 

 rock bass, sunfish, pike, and there are many catfish. Wyandotte is about sixty- 

 five miles below Louisville. The daily packets of the Louisville and Evansville 

 Mail Line, and the tri-weekly Louisvdle and Leavenworth packet stop at 

 Leavenworth, the nearest point by water to the Cave. The fare is $1.50. Prob- 

 ably the most convenient of these packets is the Sandy No. z, a very elegant 

 little boat, with gentlemanly and accommodating officers, which ends its voy- 

 age at Leavenworth, thus enabling passengers to remain on board all night. 

 Leaving Louisville at five o'clock, all the boats reach their destination before 

 midnight. Board at the Wyandotte Hotel §7 per week. 



Delaware County — 



Muncie. Quail shooting along the White River. Reached via Fort Wayne, 

 Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad. Hotels $2. Country level and heavily wooded. 



Fountain County — 



Covington. Wild turkey, quail and pinnated grouse. Reached via the Chi- 

 cago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad. Hotels $2, The country hilly, 



FranJclin Co-unty — 



Mount Carmel. Fine bass fishing in the Wabash River, See Princeton, Gib- 

 son County. 



Gibson County — 



Princeton. Long Pond, on the Wabash Bottom, a lake about three miles long, 

 is full of black bass, and there is also excellent bass fishing on the rapids of the 

 Wabash some ten miles from Princeton, where two dozen fish in an hour's time 

 is considered nothing remarkable. The river is a clear, tumbling, rapid stream, 

 and the ride by rail from Princeton to Mt. Carmel, and thence by omnibus to 

 the fishing grounds, where there is a capital hotel, is a favorite excursion with 

 both ladies and gentlemen, not only from the vicinity, but from Louisville, Cin- 

 cinnati, Indianapolis and other towns. Princeton is reached via the Evansville 

 and CrawfordsviUe, or the Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railroad. 



Patoka. The flats west of the town are excellent shooting grounds for all 

 kinds of wild fowl. On the hills are wild turkeys and quail. Reached via the 

 Evansville and CrawfordsviUe Railro&d. 



Tlenry County— 



Luray. Pinnated grouse and quail. Reached from New Castle or Muncie. 

 Jfasper County — 



Retnington. on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad, is a good 

 centre from which to start out tor a camp on the prairie. Pinnated grouse, sand 

 hill cranes and ducks, with other varieties of wild fowl are found. The bes< 

 shooting is on the north side of the railroad. Teams can be hired from the 

 farmers. 



tfefferson County — 



Madison, The Indian Kentuck, seven miles above Madison, is a fine fishing; 

 stream. Take the JefFersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad to Madison. 



Knox County— 



Vincennes. One of the localities especially noted for its snipe shooting, is the 

 broad extent of marshes and praijies that lie back of the Wabash River, some ten 

 or twelve miles from Vincennes. Pinnated grouse are found here in abundance. 

 There is good hotel accommodation, and one can drive across the prairie in a 



