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lake and stream. The forests are dense 

 and wild, yet in good shape for hunting. 

 There are two trout streams and a lake 

 a mile and a half long, with wooded 

 shores for the most part and innumer- 

 able coves and "turns. It is famous for 

 ass and pickerel. 

 The nearest large town is Dover, 

 which may be reached by either the Mor- 

 ris and Essex Division or the Boonton 

 branch of the Lackawanna Railroad. 

 There are more than twenty trains daily 

 each way between New York and Dover 

 at convenient hours. The trip can be 

 made from Hoboken in a little more 

 than an hour, and from Dover it is a run 

 of seven miles to the club. There are 

 numerous garages in town, where autos 

 may be hired by the man who dees not 

 care to drive all the way by motor. But 

 the motorist will find the going good. 

 The main route to Dover affords excel- 

 lent traveling and the highway to the 

 preserve is in first class condition most 

 of the year. The trip has been made 

 from New York in less than two hours. 



Longwood valley is wider at its south- 

 ern than at its northern end, but through 

 that part of it which is on the preserve — 

 a stretch of over two miles — the width 

 varies but little. The mountains rise ab- 

 ruptly and to great height and are 

 wooded and rocky. To the west the 

 property extends about three miles over 

 Bowling Green mountain and part way 

 up another mountain, beyond which lies 

 Lake Hopatcong. To the east it stretches 

 to the very ridge of Copperas Mountain, 

 a striking counterpart of Bowling Green. 

 Here and there on the summit of the lat- 

 ter are clearings of several acres where 

 early settlers made their homes. These 

 spots, which are overgrown with rank 

 grass and other growth, make excellent 

 cover for game birds and rabbits. Some 

 of these clearings will be ploughed and 

 sewn with buckwheat and other suitable 

 grain and left standing for the exclusive 

 use of the wild game. 



Indisputable evidence of deer may be 

 found on every hand. During the past 

 winter a large herd foregathered in a 



Full of Native Trout. 



