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of the fox hunt, with many of its primitive characteristics, still sur. 

 /ives among the people of the eastern shore, who, indeed, have in 

 an especial manner retained the peculiarities of their ancestors 

 together with the purity of the old stock. They welcome gentlemen 

 who come for enjoyment and recreation, and furnish them gladly 

 every assistance in their power, but hold the pot hunter in detesta- 

 tion, and visit him, when caught, with the severest penalties of the 

 law prohibiting hunting by non-residents. 



The steamers from Baltimore land at different points in both 

 counties, one touching twice at Onancock, within five miles of 

 Accomac C. H., the county seat. The sportsman leaves New 

 York by the steamers of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, 

 which in summer, sail daily, and in fall and winter ever}' Jlonday, 

 Wednesday and Friday, from pier 37, North River, at 4 P. M.; 

 Lewes, Del., is reached at 5 P. 11. the next morning; at 9 o'clock 

 a train starts for Berlin, Snow Hill and Chincoteague Bay, reaching 

 Snow Hill early in the afternoon and the Bay by 3 or 4 o'clock. 

 Return trains run daily, connecting with the steamer at Lewes on 

 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 4 p. M., reaching New York 

 at 5 A. M. on the following morning. Good hotels with horses and 

 buggies or light wagons for hire, can be found at Chincoteague 

 Island, J. English's Hotel $2 ; guides for wild fowl §5, for snipe 

 $2.50 ; Accomac C. H. ; Horn Town, T. Pittel's Hotel, §1.50 : Onan- 

 cock, Pungoteague and Belle Haven, in Accomac, and at Eastville 

 in Northampton. Board in, private families can also be obtained 

 at fair rates. The Hog Island and Mock Island shooting grounds 

 are always accessible by yacht, and guides are to be had. 

 Alexandria Ciyunty — 



Alejiandria is headquarters for duck and snipe shootiogf, which are found in 

 great numbers at Hunting Creek, the Ox Bar, Pentecost, opposite the Navy Yard, 

 and other localities near the city. Plover, sora, reed birds, quail, partridges 

 rabbits and opossums, are found near the city. Black bass caught at the old coai 

 wharf and in the canal above the basin, the anglers using grasshoppers for bait. 

 Reached by boat and rail. 



Amelia County — 



Good deer hunting through the county. Take the Richmond and Danville 

 Railroad, and strike out from any of the stations in the county. 



Amlierst Co-unty — 



Mclvers, a few miles from Lynchburg, is a good centre for deer shootiiu; 

 Reached via the Washington and Virginia Midland Railway. 



Appomattox County— 



Ta-aier Hill. Fine deer shooting here. Fox hunting is a favorite snort, and 

 many gentlemen own fine packs of hounds. There are several ranges of hil s in 

 the county, with dense iorests, where will be found the best of sporting grounds. 

 Reached via the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, and wa^on drive 

 ticellent quail shooting is to be had, near Lynchburg, on the " turned out" 



ands and deserted plantations. Make headquarters at Lynchburg 



4.tujitsta County — 



Staualon The ShenandMh Valley and the mountains to the west contain 

 much hsh and game. Black bass, which were mtroduced into the streams of this 

 region in 1S71-72, now afford fine sport, and these waters have also been stocket 



