HUNTING GROUNDS OF FLORIDA. 
To those who do not desire to rough it, but wish to have an 
occasional outing with the gun and dog, Florida offers the rather 
unusual combination of very good sport in the immediate vicinity 
of comfortable hotels. 
From Jacksonville it is but a short distance to the mouth of the 
St. John’s River; and in the vicinity of Pilot Town, and Mayport, 
A ‘*POINT’’ ON QUAIL. 
and about Fort George Islands, fair bird shooting may be had at the 
right season. Plover and yellow-legs abound during the migrations, 
and,in the old days Talbot Island was an especially good place for 
curlew. With good dogs and a guide who knows the country, fair 
bags of quail and snipe may be made within easy driving distance 
of either Jacksonville or St. Augustine. A few bears and deer still 
linger in the swamps between Jacksonville and Pilot Town, but for 
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