74 GAME AND FISH I^E SORTS, 



where these do not exist the sportsman will readily obtain accom- 

 modationf at the farm houses. 



Hamstnhle. County — 



There are a great many deer in this county, and several fine trout streams, as 

 -eadily accessible from the town of Sandwich, as any other place. There are adso 

 plenty of quail. Take Old Colony Railroad to Sandwich. Good accommodations 

 at the Central House. 



iVoocTs Hole. On Buzzard's Bay there is excellent shooting for ducks, plover, 

 and other varieties of water fowl. Professor VinalN. Edwards, of Wood's Hole, 

 has collected here the following fish, consisting of seventy-five different varieties. 

 Small spotted skate, peaked nose skate, sand shark, blue shark, leopard shark, 

 mackerel shark, trasher shark, hammer head shark, sleeper shark, (never before 

 lound in these waters ;) horned dog fish, no-homed dog fish, common mackerel, 

 spotted mackerel, tallow mackerel, mackerel scare, white mackerel, (not before 

 found here j) sea herring, English herring, brown sea robin, large red sea robin, 

 long iinned sea robin, flying fish, tautog, scup, sea bass, menhaden, shad, hickory 

 shad, common butter fish, square headed butter fish, (or silver fish ;) common eel, 

 lamprey eel, striped bass, squeteague, squid, king fish, torn cod, sea perch, sculpin, 

 common large flounder, four spotted flounder, small mouth fiat fish, large mouth 

 flatfish, (very rare j) talbot, pollock, smelt, toad fish, swell fish, blue fish, haddock, 

 bake, sturgeon, goose fish, boneta, sucker, cramp fish, red sculpin, (or pork in 

 barrel •) large black stingray, bill fish, (seven feet long;) pilot fish, rudder fish, 

 horned swell fish, or (egg fish ;) puffin pig, file fish, moon fish, pompano, cero, 

 Spanish mackerel, cunner, leather jacket, (never before caught in these waters j) 

 codfish, whiting, (or frost fish ;) mullet, ling, and three others. 



The route from Boston is via the Old Colony Railroad j from New York, via the 

 New Bedford steamers, which leave Pier 39, North River, every evening. Good 

 hotel accommodations will be found. 



Brewster is in the vicinity of good smelt fishing. Reached via Old Colony 

 Railroad. 



At the elbow of Cape Cod. and inside the sheltering range of sand cliffs which 

 forms the lower extremity of Nanset Beach, is a wide expanse of shoals known ta 

 the hardy fishermen and mariners o£ the vicinity as ** The Common Flats." 

 These shoals, when bared by the falling tide, disclose miles upon miles of 

 mud fiats covered with the marine mud commonly known as eel-grass, the favor- 

 ite food of several varieties of wild fowl, but more especially of the brant. 

 Landward from these mud flats, and also protected from the encroachments of 

 Old Ocean by Xanset Beach, stretches an extensive series of sand flats. This 

 part of the " (^ape " was in olden time a favorite hunting resort, and still affords 

 good sport. 



Monument. Excellent fishing in Buzzard's Bay. Reached via the Old Colony 

 Railroad, The Stearns House offers comfortable accommodations. 



Chatham. Dough birds, yellow legs, plover, brant, and other varieties of 

 birds. Reached via Old Colony Railroad. 



Cchasset Narrows. Blue fish, squeteague. Good catches of striped bass are 

 made off the railroad bridge. Sportsmen will :find good accommodations, with 

 boats, bait, etc., at A. and H. Hatna way's. Route as above. 



West Barnstable. Fine deer hunting in the neighboring woods. Route as 

 above. 



Marskpee. The Marshpee River is a good trout stream. There is also excel- 

 lent snipe shooting on the marshes. Reached via Old Colony Railroad. 



Queshnet. Snipe shooting is good in the vicinity. 



Coiuit Port reached by stage, seven miles from West Barnstable, which is on 

 the Old Colony Road, is a famous place for shooting. The village is on the south 

 shore of the cape, and on the neighboring highlands are many fresh ponds among 

 the pire forests. Here the sportsman will tind a variety of fresh and salt water 

 tishing, and excellent wild fowl shooting. The Santuit House is a favorite sum- 

 mer hotel. 



Hyannis, reached by a. branch of the Old Colony Railroad, affords good 

 shooting. 



Sandzvich. The streams in the vicinity are good trouting streams, but mucll 

 ashed : deer in the adjacent forests. Reached via the Old- Colony Railroad. 



Ahington. White hares. Reached as above. 



Waguoit. Good trout fishing may be found near the town. 



