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GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Brideihurg. Fine rail and reed bird shooting. Reached Via the New york 

 Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 

 i*»fce County — 



DinginarCs Ferry^ on the Delaware River. Bears, deer, squirrels, ruffed 

 n^rouse, quail, woodcock : trout, pickerel and black bass. Reached via the Erie 

 Railroad to Port Jervis, thence stage, fare $1. Dr. P. F. Fulmer's High Falls 

 Hotel : board $3.50 ; $10 per week ; guides $2 : boats free to guests ; teams %-\ to 

 $6: Adams Creek one and one-half miles distant. Bushkill, thirteen miles. 

 Water Gap twenty-five miles. See Milford, 



Lackawaxen. In the vicinity deer, hares, ducks, snipe, ruffed grouse j trout, 

 ^ass, lake trout and pickerel. In the Lackawaxen region Lord's Brook, Panther 

 Brook, Taylor Creek and other streams afford fine trouting. Reached via the 

 Erie Railroad. Williamson's Hotel is a good central station for the sportsman. 

 -Board $8 per week. Wagons and carriages can be hired. 



Masthope. Deer are found in Cranberry Marsh. Grasse's and Panthei 

 Swamps, and other haunts known to the guides. 



Milford. Woodcock, ruffed grouse, partridges, quail and squirrel shooting is 

 excellent in the vicinity. Within easy reach of Milford — many of them but a few 

 minutes' walk — are numerous trout streams which furnish in season abundant 

 sport to the angler. These streams all thread the most picturesque glens and 

 glades,' and some of them abound in scenery unequalled even among the Ad 1- 

 rondacks. Notable among these streams is the Adams Brook, seven miles below 

 Milford. The Sawkill and the Vandermarck, both running through Milford ; the' 

 Raymondskill, three miles below the village ; the Coneshaugh, four miles below j 

 Ryder's Brook, three miles above, on the Port Jervis road ; the Capow, two 

 miles west of Milford, and dozens of smalter streams are all within easy reach, 

 and all afford good fishing. Besides the trout streams, the Delaware kiver con- 

 tains black bass, and many other varieties of the finny tribe ; in every direction 

 lie inland lakes for which Pike and adjoining counties are noted, all stocked with 

 fine game fish, and all easy of access. Excursions to these lakes, which are from 

 five to fifteen miles distant, are among the populalr recreations of the summer 

 visitors to Milford. Guides to all of these streams and lakes are readily obtained 

 .n the village. There are numerous good hotels, all furnishing good accommoda- 

 tions, $10 to $14 per week, with boarding and lodging houses. The Wells' hotel 

 is resorted to by sportsmen and, has every^ facility for shooting and fishing. 

 Guides, dogs, etc., are always to be had. The route is via the Erie Railroad to 

 Port Jervis, thence seven miles of staging. 



Blooming Grove Park is an extensive game preserve owned by the Blooming 

 Grove Park Association who have a club house on the premises. To hunt and 

 fish here permission must be obtained from the proper authorities. The game 

 includes bears, deer, grey squirrels, rabbits, etc., ducks, woodcock, quail, and 

 other birds. The fishing is for black bass, perch, pickerel and catfish. The route 

 is via the Erie Railroad to Lackawaxen, thence stage or private conveyance 

 Excursion tickets to Lackawaxen are issued from the Erie office. No. 401 Broad- 

 way, New York. For bear hunting go to Westbrook'sTavern, where old hunters 

 are always to be found who wHl act as guides. The Westbrook Meadows, 

 which are just on the confines of Blooming Grove Park, are widely known as 

 a capital ground for July woodcock. 



Shohola^ one hundred aud eight miles from New York, is beautifully located 

 among the mountains, overlooking the Delaware It is in the heart of the famous 

 hunting and fishing regions of Pike and Sullivan Counties. There is but one 

 hotel, the Shohola House, kept by George Layman. It is a new and commodious 

 hotel, near the depot. Detailed information as to the locality, and terms, maj- be 

 obtained by addressing the proprietor. Take the Erie Railroad. 



Porter's Lake. The quickest and best way for sportsmen to go to this lake 

 from Philadelphia is to take the cars from the Kensington Depot and go to 

 Stroudsburg. An excursion ticket to that place will cost $4.85. They can get a 

 wagon at Stroudsburg from W. K. Henry, who keeps a livery stable, and will 

 take them to the lake for $6. It will take' about six hours ride to get there, or if 

 they write to the proprietor of the hotel, Adam Rinehart, he will send his teani to 

 meet them. In the lake will be found pickerel, catfish, and perch. The black 

 bass were only put in the lake in August, 1874. There are plenty of trout streams 

 in the neighborhood, narticularly the Bushkill Creek, the Sawkill Creek, Middle 

 Branch and Indian Calvin Branch (.branches of the Bushkill), which streams are 

 all within a short distance of Porter's Lake. Good board may be obtained at the 

 lotel for %^ per week which will entitle one to the use of the boats, whcfea? 



