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BeafKnn^ a. station five miles north, is a favorite resort for shooting small 

 {Came. 



J^ilce County — 



Clarks7)illc. Snipe shooting is excellent on the marshes back of the town. 

 St. JjOuXs Coitiitif — 



Si. Louis. In the vicinity sportsmen may find several resorts where duck, 

 goose, and other wild fowl snooLing may be enjoyed- The prairies a few miles 

 northwest, are excellent grounds for mallards and brant. Murdock L.ake, thirty 

 miles south, reached by steamer, or hired conveyance, is the most frequented 

 shooting and fishing ground. Ducks are here in great numbers. The hsh are 

 the black bass, dog fish, catfish, croppies, and others. The Murdock ^.,ake Club 

 have a club house here. The best grounds are obstructed by logs and tree tops, 

 hence it is not feasible to use fancy tackle, reels, etc. (See Monroe County, 

 Illinois.) Six miles east of the city^in Illinois, Breese Lake affords excellent duck 

 shooting. 



The St. Louis and King's Lake Fish Breeding Association hold their grounds 

 seventy miles up the river, and four miles back of Sterling^'s Landing. This lake 

 is twenty-five miles long, by an average of a half a mile wide. It is fed by springs 

 and river, and abounds with croppies and black bass. Adjoining are extensive 

 prairie hunting or shooting grounds. This is said to afford the best fishing waters 

 within one hundred miles of the city. The club has an extensive boat club house, 

 with all the appliances for fishing and good cheer. It numbers about eighty 

 members. The railroads radiating from St. Louis render easy of access many 

 fine hunting grounds in Illinois and Iowa. 



Vemon County — 



Schell City. Mallards, teal, spike-tails, wood ducks, geese, snipe, plover, 

 crooked bill curlew, quail, pinnated grouse — one of the best localities ni the State 

 ^rabbits, wild turkey and small game: fish abundant in Osage River j deef 

 thirty miles east on the Sac River. Reacted via the Missouri, Kansas and Texas 

 Railroad, Excellent hotel, teams, etc. Schell City is situated on a high upland 

 prairie, looking down toward marshes, valleys and meadows. 



Wayne County — 



Williainsville. Ducks, brant, geese and cranes in Big Lake, about thirty 

 miles distant. Reached via the Iron Mountain Railroad, from St, Louis, distanca 

 one hundred and forty-five miles. Joe Deine is an excellent guide. 



MONTANA. 



Area 153,300 square miles. The surface of the country is gene- 

 rally mountainous. The Rocky Mountains extend through this terri- 

 tory, entering at the northern boundary, stretching south and south- 

 east for two hundred miles, and then curving toward the west to 

 Idaho. In the West are also the Bitter Root Mountains with mi- 

 nor chains through the country. The rest of the surface is made up 

 of rolling prairie lands, interspersed with islands of forests. The 

 country is thinly settled, travel is 'confined for the most part to wag- 

 on trails, and these trails are often infested by hostile Indians. The 

 Northern Pacific Railroad forms the best means of access, and at 

 the stations on this road, the sportsman may find guides and all 

 outfit for camping. 



Chotetiu Cownty — 



Fort Benton. lu Montana among the eastern foot-hills of the main divide aro 



