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tas several good hotels, where sportsmen are lodged and fed at very jeasonable 

 rates. Reached as above. 



O'wtaga'm.ie Co'unty — 



Appleion^ in the Lower Fox River Valley, is a charming summer resort, which 

 offers many attractions to the sportsman. The river abounds in fish, (see Men- 

 asha) the wild rice tracts are filled with ducks and in the woods are numbers of 

 small game. Reached via the Chicago and North-western, or the Milwaukee 

 Lake Snore and Western Railroad. 



Little Chute. For Game see Wrightstown. Route same as Appleton. 



Kaukauna. Same as Wrightstown, which see. 



Seymour. The surrounding country is densely wooded and the forests are 

 full of deer, bears, and small game. Reached via the Green Bay and Minnesota 

 Railroad. Wisconsin House, Seymour House, each $1.50. 



I*epin Count}/— 



The ChifPeuua River empties its clear water into the M ississippi River one mile 

 below the loot of Lake Pepin. All its branches are trout streams, and its water 

 is much cooler than the Mississippi. It is a great lumber stream, and a great 

 many rafts descend it to the Mississippi, and to tiie cities below. These rafts are 

 strung along the shore for several miles, and the white salmon collect in vast 

 numbers under them, where they are sheltered from the sun, and enjoy the cool 

 water of the Chippewa. The minnows pass up the river in vast numbers just 

 alon^ side of the rafts, and an expert with scoop net will sometimes take a quart 

 of mmnows at one drive j enough to do a party for a day's fishing. The fishing 

 for salmon is close along side the rafts. 



The town of Reed's Landing, on the opposite side of the Mississippi in Min- 

 nesota, affords good accommodations and is convenient for anglers. For the fish- 

 ing of Lake Pepin see Minnesota. 



Mortage County— 



yunction. Bears, deer, and other game, ^ike and pickerel in Rice Lake. 

 Reached via the Wisconsin Central or Wisconsin Valley Railway. Hotel $1.50. 

 Guides are necessary and camping out furnishes the best sport. 



Hacine County — 



Racine. Pinnated grouse, pickerel and bass. Reached via the Chicago and 

 North-western, or Western Union Railroad, or by boat. Hotel $1.50; boats 50 

 cents. Eagle and Wind Lakes are excellent fishing grounds. 



MocJc County — 



, Koshkonong. The fishing in Lake Koshkonong is g-ood for bass, pickerel, 

 pike, yellow and silver perch. Wild celery grows here in great abundance, and 

 for canvas-back ducks this lake vies with the Delaware and Potomac Rivers, and 

 with Chesapeake Bay. Red-heads, mallards, black-heads and spike-tails, geese, 

 trout, swans, snipe, sora, quail, partridges and pinnated grouse make up the 

 attractive list of the shooting on this far famed ground. The Koshkonong Club 

 have a house here, and there are numerous hotels and boarding-houses. The 

 route is via the Chicago and North-western Railroad, 



Janesville. Mallard, Northern duck, snipe, pinnated grouse an^ other shoot- 

 ing. The angler will find excellent black bass fishing. Reached via the Chicago 

 and North-western and the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroads. Several good 

 hotels. 



Catfish Creek is the outlet of a chain of lakes called. First, Second, Third and 

 Fourth Lakes, and empties into Rock River, twelve miles above Janesville. 

 These waters afford fine fishing for bass, pike, and pickerel, and good shooting 

 for ducks, geese, snipe, and other wild fowl. There is good fishing in both creek 

 and lakes. Third Lake is filled with wild rice which affords abundant food for 

 the birds. There is a fine hotel at Winnagua, near Third Lake. 



Clinton, The surrounding country is prairie and affords fine pinnated grouse 

 shooting in the fall. Reached via the Chicago and North-western, or the Western 

 Union Railroads. 



Beloit is on the Rock River in which is excellent fishing. Reached via the 

 Chicago and North-western Railroad. 



Ut. Croix County — 



New Richjnond. Elk, bears, deer, pinnated and ruffed grouse. Reached via 



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