GAME AND FISH MESOI^TS. I09 



.ow legs. To reach this plac^ take the Lon^ Branch boat to Sandy Hook, cars 

 to Farmingdale, where a branch meets the trains lor iiquan village, and Charles 

 Moxon's stage will take guests direct to the house } or lake Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road to Monmouth Junction, and then the Squan village train. By the- former 

 route you can leave New York at four p. m. and the latter at two p. m. It takes 

 about three hours and a half to get to John E. Loveland's, Point Pleasant. 



West Creek. Curlew and brown backs. Reached via the Tuckerton Railroad. 



Wareiown. Curlew and brown backs on the meadows, yellow legs, jack 

 snipe, meadow larks. Sheepshead, rail, quail, ducks j weaknsh, blacldish, bass, 

 bluefish. Reached as above. 



Tom's River. Bay snipe, curlew, yellow legs, ducks, etc., are found in the 

 vicinity. Take the New Jersey Southern Railroad. Hotels j Ocean and Mag- 

 nolia Houses, 



Beach Haven. A narrow strip of sandy and meadow land, twenty miles long, 

 and from a half mile to a mile wide, runs from Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Har- 

 bor Inlet. Between it and the main land on the west, is Tuckerton Bay, in some 

 places seven miles wide ; on the east side is the Atlantic Ocean, and directly 

 opposite Tuckerton a part of this land is called Beach Haven. ^ 



The shooting and fishing are excellent. Ducks, willet, marlin, curlew, large 

 and small yellow legs, black breasted plovers, dowitchers, robins, and the various 

 kinds of wading birds are to be found at the proper time in great numbers on the 

 bars, qieadows and islands in the bay ; and t^e larger rail are quite numerous on 

 the- salt marshes. Rabbits are found on the islands and quail on the mainland. 

 Sheepshead kre found in large numbers. 



Weakfish are also plenty j and sea bass and striped bass fishing is equally 

 good. Good yachts for sailing with competent seamen and fishermen and gun- 

 ners are always to be had at reasonable charges. 



There are several good hotels. The Parry House, the Bay View House and 

 others, the prices ranging from $3 per day to $to and $1^ pei week. 



The most direct rpute is by the New Jersey Southern Railroad from pier 8, 

 North River, by way of Sandy Hook and Long Branch. At Whitings you con- 

 nect with the Tuckerton Railroad. At Tuclcerton you take the steamboat across 

 the bay to Beach Haven, affording a most delightful sail of seven miles. 



The surf bathing is very fine, and the still water bathing eq^ually good. The 

 facilities Beach Haven has for yachting are excellent, there being a stretch from 

 inlet to inlet of twenty miles, and across from shore to shore of from six to seven 

 miles. For those who prefer the ocean to sail on, it is easily reached by going 

 out through Little Egg Harbor Inlet, which is a short sail ; also by a continuous 

 stretch oieighteen miles. Atlantic City can be visited without gomg outside. 



JPassoic County — 



Echo Lake is a fine locality for pickerel fishing. Take the Midland Railroad 

 to Charlottesburg, thence six miles by stage. A good hotel is kept by Mr. 

 Wickham. 



Salem County— 



Salem. The extensive meadows here afford fine jack snipe shooting. Reached 

 via the West Jersey Railroad. 



Pennsville, on the Delaware River, midway between Wilmington and New 

 Castle, Delaware, is a famous place for all varieties of marsh ducks. Captain Read 

 and Captain Kidd keep good hotels. Reached via Philadelphia and Reading 

 Railroad tiD Catawissa Junction, thence via Muncy Greek Railway. 



Sussex County— 



Decherto-wn In the vicinity are found pheasants, quail, woodcock and rab- 

 bits. Reached via the New Jersey Midland Railway. 



Newton AntxA^Q^ good ruffed grouse shooting. Reached via the SusseJ 

 Railroad. 



Keefie Flats. Good trout fishinET. « ., j 



Vernon. In Lake Wawayanda are fine lake bass. Go via the Sussex Railroad 

 to Newton, thence wagon to Vernon, where there is a fine hotel. Permission to 

 fish in the lake must be obtained of Mr. Hunt, who lives near the lake. 



VnAotv County- 

 Summit Lake contains black bass, perch, pickerel, etc. Reached via th« 



