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GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



plover, duck and other shootiug. Reached by a branch of the Eastern Railroac 

 from Salem. 



Gloucester. Many varieties of fish, includiner smelts. The shooting in the 

 vicinity is for bay birds and water fowl. Reacted Fia the Eastern Railroad. 

 There are several summer hotels besides those in the city. There are a good 

 many ruffed grouse and woodcock in some parts of Danvers, Middletield, and 

 Topsyille. 



Cape Ann. Cooting at Annisquam and other points on the Cape. Take the 

 Eastern Railroad to Rockport, thence stage or hired conveyance. 



Andover has some fishmg in the neighboring lakes and streams. 



North Andover. Black Bass in Lake Cochickewick. Reached via the Boston 

 and Maine Railroad. 



Subampscott. Smelts. Reached via the Eastern Railroad, thirteen miles &om 

 Boston. 



Lynnfield. Lynnfield Lake, a delightful sheet of water, within ten miles of 

 Boston, has been stocked with Oswego bass, and now affords capital sport. Take 

 the Danvers and Newburyport braoch of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Good 

 board can be had in private families in the village, and boats, etc., can be easily 

 obtained. 



Beverly. Peeps and ring necks. Reached via the Eastern Railroad. 



Ipswich is a good shooting centre. Snipe, ducks, etc. Reached via the East- 

 ern Railroad. 



Nahant^ the favorite sea-side resort of Bostonians, affords good shooting 

 and fishing. Ducks, brant, curlew, coots, etc., wich a variety of fishing, offer 

 abundant employment for rod and gun. Nahant is reached by steamer from 

 India wharf, Boston, or via Eastern Railroad to Lynn, thence omnibus, or by 

 Narrow Gauge Railroad, direct. 



_ Lynn. Ducks and other wild fowl in the harbor. Excellent fishing. Rail 

 from Boston. 



iVenkam. Trout are caught in the lake. Wenham is on the Eastern Railroad, 

 twenty-three miles from Boston. 



SaleiK. All about Salem and the neighboring harbors, good gunning may be 

 enjoyed. All kinds of wild fowl are found here, ducks of many varieties, geese, 

 coots, plover, snipe, quail, partridges, etc., and rabbits on the hills. The fishing 

 is for the usual varieties found on the coast. There are many boats always to be 

 had, and guides, boatmen, etc., at reasonable rates. 



Jf^ranklin County — 



Shutesbury. Excellent trouting In the streams in this vicinity. Reached by 

 stage from Amherst. 



Savn^pden County — 



Springfield. Fly fishing for shad in the Connecticut ; trouting in the vicinity, 

 and woodcock and partridge shooting. Reached via the Boston and Albany, and 

 other railroads. 



S^ampsJUre County — 



Florence. Grey and red squirrels, foxes, coons, rabbits, pigeons, partridges, 

 etc. Reached via the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, or by horse-cars 

 from Northampton. 



Amfterst. Fox, rabbit and squirrel shooting. There are several good trout 

 streams in the vicinity. On the New London Northern Railroad. 



Middlesex County — 



Good black bass fishing near Lincoln. Take Fitchburg Railroad to "Weston. 



Fratninghatn. Some quail, and in the ineadows a tew snipe. Boston and 

 Albany Railroad. 



Lexington. R^iffed grouse, woodcock and quail shooting in the neighboring 

 country. Reached by the Lexington Branch Railroad, from the Boston and 

 Lowell depot, Boston. The Monument House furnishes comfortable accom- 

 modation. 



Shirley. Foxes. Reached via Fitchburg Railroad. 



Natick. Good trout streams in the vicinity. Landlocked salmon have beeo 

 planted in Dry Pond. 



JfantuoTcet County — 



Naitiucktt, Scup, blue fish, and, in the ponds perch ; black ducks, plovers. 



