62 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



o\ a shot. Mallards are found here in countless numbers in the 

 bayous and swamps, and quail and woodcock are plenty. 



Carroll Parish — 



This is an excellent shootin? ground for bears, deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, 

 quail, ducks, g^eese and many other varieties of game. For description of coun- 

 try see above, and East Baton Rouge Parish. Providence, on the Mississippi 

 River, is a good centre. 



Catahoula Parish — 



Catahoula. Lake is a iine ground for ducks and geese. Deer and quail are 

 plenty in the vicinity. 



'^ast Satott Mouge Parish — 



Baton Rouge. Take the steam ferry to Allen Station, a mile above the town, and 

 go out on the railroac^ which runs west from the Mississippi River, in the parish 

 of West Baton Rouge, to Livonia, in the parish of Point Coupee, twenty-eight 

 miles, and from thence is graded twelve miles to the Atchafalaya River, The 

 country is level, and where not reclaimed, is swamp and dense canebrake, 

 abounding in deer, bear, wild turkey, etc. It is subject to overflow from the 

 Mississippi, in case of breaks in the levees. Bayous Grosse Tete, Foxdoche, and 

 smaller streams run through the country, and at low water afford good fishing for 

 trout, perch, white cat, etc. The trains run twice a week from Allen btatiou 

 The accommodations on the line of the road are poor. 



The country on the ease side of the Mississii^pi is high and rolling ; the streams, 

 of which the principal are the Amite and Comite Rivers, are clear, and afford ex- 

 cellent sport, fishing for trout, various kinds of perch, white cat, etc. The woods 

 abound m squirrels, wild turkeys, rabbits and deer : the fields with quail, doves, 

 larks, etc., and in winter, snipe, ducks, vroodcock, robins, wild pigeons, etc. 

 Tranr>portation is abundant and very cheap. Parties who go with the intention 

 of camping, generally send the conveyances back, to return tor them at a specified 

 time. A carryall with seats for fifteen persons, four horses and driver, can be had 

 for $12 per day. Board $1.50 to $2 per day ; by the month, $30 and $25. 



Grant Parish — 



In the Flagon, Clear, Big and Trout Creeks, are found bass, pike, perch, cat- 

 fish, bar-fish and buffalo-fish ; in the vicinity are quail, ducks and geese — abun- 

 dant in Catahoula Lake — wild turkeys, deer, bears, panUiers and wild cats. Take 

 Red River steamers to Colfax. The bottom lands are heavily timbered with cot- 

 tonwood, ash, willow, holly, cypress, and the grand magnolia, and a dense 

 undergrow^th. There is generally an open, clear space of from ten to fifty feet 

 along the margin of the stream, thus givmg ample room to cast the line. 



Iberia Parish — 



New Iberia. The sea marshes abound in deer. Geese, ducks, brant, wood- 

 cock, snipe, rice birds and pinnated grouse, are found on the marshes and 



prairies. 



Wadlson Parish — 



In the streams of this county is excellent fishing. The swamp and dense cane- 

 brakes are full of bears, deer, wild turkeys and other game ; the woods afford 

 good shooting for many kinds of birds and animals ; the fields are fiUed with quail, 

 doves, etc. Take Mississippi River steamer to Delta, thence stop at any of the 

 stations on the line of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railway. 



Morehouse Parish — 



In the dense canebrakes are bears, deer, wild turkeys, etc., with wild fowl of 

 many varieties, and good fishing in all the streams and bayous. (See description 

 of the northern counties, above.) Take rail to Raysville, via the Vicksburg, 

 Shreveport and Texas Railroad, and thence drive to Bastrop. 



Orleans Parish — 



New Orleans. The jest points most accessible from New Orleans are MiUer*i 

 Bavou. Chef Menteur, Bayou des Allemandes, and Bayou Labranche. The first 

 tw» named are situated upon the Mobile Railroad, the latter, respectively, upon 



