152 GAME' AND FISH RESORTS. 



music of the hounds is often heard. Wild fowl are abundanUin 

 season in many of the lagoons and rivers ; the fishing is for the 

 most part indifferent. The gentleman stranger will find the people 

 of the hunting districts always hospitable, and rarely will it occur 

 that some one cannot be found who has the time and the inclina- 

 tion to serve as guide and join in the sport. 



Sedford County — 



Shelbyville. Quail, bladE, and other varieties of ducks, furnish good shootinff 

 in the vicinity. Reached via the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad. 

 The county is undulating and hilly. 



Coohe CottTtty — 



Casby Creek, a tributary of Big Pigeon River, is a good trout stream. 

 jyavidson County — 



Nask-uille. On the bottoms of the Cumberland River, wood ducks are quite 

 abundant all the way from Nashville to the forks, three hundred and forty miles 

 above, especially in the month of October, when the white acoms commence fell- 

 ing. Quail, partridges, rabbits, wild turkeys and deer are also found in abun- 

 dance along the Cumberland. 



Dyer County — 



Reel/oot Lake. Swan, geese, mallard, teal, and other varieties of water fowl 

 in great abundance. Bear and deer in the vicinity. Reached by hired convey- 

 ance from Dyerburg or Johnsonville. Hotels, boats, etc. A dense cypress 

 swamp surrounds the laSe. 



Trimble. Deer, wild turkeys, ducks, etc. Reached via the Paducah and 

 Memphis Railroad. Private board 75 cents per day. 



Jfranklin County — 



Se-zoanee. Black bass and black perch are caught in the Elk River. The 

 mountains of the country afford good deer hunting, and smaller game is found in 

 fair abundance. 



JECamilfon County^ 



Wauhatchie. Deer in the mountains, with quail in the neighboring fields. 

 Wauhatchie is a station on the XasUville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, six 

 miles from Chattanooga. 



Chattanooga. Bass fishing in the neighboring creeks, Chickamauga, twelve 

 miles, and others. Deer, foxes, coons and rabbits, are found on the neighboring 

 mountains. By taking any one of the numerous railroads radiating from the city, 

 the sportsman may reach excellent shooting grounds, within a few nours' ride. 



Sardin County — 



Hamburg. Turkeys, ducks, geese, quail ; bass, catfish, drum and buffalo 

 fish. Reached via Tennessee River boat, or via rail to Chickasaw, Ala,, thence 

 stage or horseback. 



Pittsburg Landing. See Hamburg. 



Sa-vannah. Ducks, geese, wild turkeys, quaU, and occasionally woodcock 

 shooting. The fishing is for perch, trout, bream and gar pike. Route as above. 

 tTohnrSon County — 



Taylorsville, which is reached by wagon from Abingdon, Vii^nia, via AtlJfn- 

 tic and Mississippi Railroad, is a fine centre for sportsmen wishing to fish the 

 Laurel and its tributaries in the adjacent mountains, where brook troiit and small 

 game are found. 



lAihe County — 



Tipionville. Good duck shooting on Reelfoot Lake. Reached via Thompson's 

 Ferry. Provide for camping. .^ 



ILau^evdale County^ 



Hales Point. Deer, wild turkeys, quail, woodcock and other game. Reached 

 via St. Louis packet daily, Cincinnati packets, three or four times per week. Hole 

 I5.50 per week. 



