AN IDEAL GAME PRESERVE. 



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THE MANAGER AND NELLIE. 



ber first, and when Jack Frost begins busi- 

 ness in Virginia, usually about October 15th 

 to 30th, the birds move on down the coast ; 

 so the patrons of the Chamberlin preserve 

 may safely count on good rail shooting at 

 any time between September first and Oc- 

 tober 15th. 



Mr. Adams has built an ideal log cabin 



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WAITING FOR THE BUCKS TO COME IN. 



on a high bluff overlooking the marsh and 

 a long stretch of the Chickahominy river. 

 This lodge is furnished with good beds, 

 plenty of easy chairs and a complete cook- 

 ing outfit. The pantry is kept stocked with 

 good, wholesome food. 



The sportsman who plans a day on the 



preserve may leave the big hotel at 9.40 in 

 the morning, lunch at the hunting lodge and 

 spend the afternoon in search of quails, 

 sora, wild turkeys, woodcock, snipe or 

 ducks, according to the season or his taste. 

 He can then board a train at Toano at 5 

 o'clock and be at the Chamberlin in time 

 for dinner. Or, if he choose, he may stay 

 at the hunting lodge during the entire term 

 of his vacation, and be all the better for 

 it, for the woods there are full of ozone. 

 Mr. Adams has provided a large ken- 

 nel for the use of his guests, which usually 

 contains about 20 dogs. I shot over one 

 of these, an English setter named Nell, 

 and she is one of the best trained dogs and 

 one of the most beautiful workers I have 



ON THE WAY TO THE LODGE. 



ever seen in the field. There are many 

 others in the kennel equally good. 



Mr. A. Croonenberghs, the manager of 

 the preserve* is a Belgian and had a wide 

 experience as a game breeder on his 

 father's estate in the old country. Later 

 he followed mining and ranching in Colo- 

 rado and has traveled extensively in other 

 parts of the world. He is an exceedingly 

 interesting man to talk with and is always 

 on the alert to entertain his visitors and to 

 promote their comfort in every way 

 possible. 



The sport on the Chamberlin preserve 

 may be varied by spending a part of the 

 night in hunting coons >or 'possums. Both 

 animals are plentiful there and a bunch of 

 beagles, fox hounds and fox terriers make 

 mighty interesting music when they go on 

 a trail. 



Mallards, teal, blackheads, redheads and 

 occasionally canvasbacks frequent the marsh 

 in goodly numbers, and if a man does not 

 get such shooting as he wants there he can 



