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LONG-RANGE 



RIFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of she International 



&ong-Kangc Matches, | 873- I 877— Com. 



9lete Kleho Shield Scores— Rules and 



Regulations of the N. R. A. 



Bto.» Etc. 



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OF 



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By CHARLES HALLOCK, 



AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. 



Published by Forest and Stream Pub- 

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iters 



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Sportsman's Gazetteer 



AND 



GENERAL GUIDE, 



By CHARLES HALLOCK, 



Editor " Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun." 



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Several thousand localities where game and flsh 

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Natural History of theBirds of the United States 



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J. W. BOUTON, 706 Broadway, N.Y. 

 jan31 4t 



^fiort§mm*& Routes. 



FOR FLORIDA 



"POR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 x JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN- 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and Intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and Interior points In 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, 

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia ana Southern Mail 8. S. Co., 

 Pier 22 South Delaware Avenue, Phila. 



Deel4-ly 



^$ort§mmx Routes. 



"The Bermudas." 



NOW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL 

 WINTER KESORT, is reached in seventy 

 hours from New York, and being surrounded by the 

 warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable 

 temperature ot ahout 70 deg. 



The elegant British Steamships '* Bermuda," and 

 "Oamina," 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- 

 ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- 

 muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda 

 with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For 

 full information apply to A. E. OUTERBRIDGE. 

 Agent. 29 Broadway, N. Y. Dec 21 ly. 



St. Paul and St. Louis 

 Short Line. 



Burlington, C. Rapid* & N'Bth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAT DAILY 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in towa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 ™««*iff d ,°. gs taken god care or. Reduced rates 

 ™ I ?«« of ten or more u P° n application to General 

 TicketOffice, Cedar Rapids. C. J. IVES, 

 a. F. Winslow, Gen. Passenger Agent 



General Manager. & 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Line reach some of the fine* 

 waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the conn, 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's 

 iBland, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James' River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; 

 Delaware, Monday and Thursday at 3 p. m. Full id - 

 matlon given at office, 197 Greenwich St., New 

 York. sepssiy 



REDUCTION OF FARE. 



$3NEWY0»K TO BOSTON 



VIA THE 



Fall River Line 



To Boston and Return, $5. 



Magnificent Steamers NEWPORT and OLD COL- 

 ONY leave New York daily (Sundays excepted) at 

 4:30 p.m. This is the only Sound Line giving pass- 

 engers a FULL NIGHT'S RffST. Passengers take 

 any one of the FIVE MORNING TRAINS from Fall 

 River to Boston. 



BORDEN & LOVELL, GEO. L. CONNOR, 



General Pass Agent. 



A] EW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE 

 IN BOUND BROOK ROUTE, 



FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

 commencing: notembek US, 1S77. 

 STATION IN NEW YORK— Foot of Liberty St. N. R. 



Leave New York for Trenton and Philadelphia at 

 6:30, 8, 9:30, 11:30 A. M., 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 12 p. M., and 

 at 4 p. M. for Trenton. 



Leave Philadelphia from station North Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad, Third and Berks streets, at 12:05 

 7:30, 9:30 11:30 A. M., 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 P. M. 



Leave Trenton for New York at 1:20 (except Mon- 

 day), 6:85, S:05, 10:20 a.m., 12:15, 2:15, 4:10, 6:15 p.m. 



Pullman Drawing Room Oars are attached to the 

 9:30 a. M., 3:30, p. ,m. trains from New York and to 

 the 7:30, a. m., 1:30 p. M. trains from Philadelphia. 



Sunday Trains— Leave Nev York and Phila- 

 delphia at 9:30 a. m., 5:30, 12 p. m. Leave Trenton for 

 New York at 1:20, 10:20 a. m„ 6:10 p. m. 



Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty street, Nos. 529 

 and 944 Broadway, at the principal hotels, all offices 

 of the Erie Railway in New York and Brooklyn, and 

 at No. 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Baggag s checied 

 from residence to destination. 

 SeptlS ly H. P. BALDWIN, Gen. Pas». Agent 



GREAT SOUTHERN 



Freight& Pass'ngerLine, 



VIA 



Charleston S. <X 



The South, and the Southwest 



AND THE 



FLORIDA PORTS, 



Wednesday and Saturday 



At 3 o'clock P. M. From Pier 

 27, N. r: 



CITY OF ATLANTA, CHARLESTON, 



Capt. M. S. Woodhull. Capt. R. W. Lockwood. 

 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, G. W. CLYDE, 



Capt. S. Crowell. Capt. Ingraham. 



The above steamers have been handsomely fitted 

 up for the convenience of passengers, and are un- 

 rivalled on the coast for 



Safety, Speed and Comfort. 



Close Connections at Charleston with the favorite 

 and well-known Florida packets, DICTATOR, Capt. 

 Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- 

 DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- 

 LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all 

 points in Florida. 



EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. 

 ^"Insurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE 



PER CENT. 

 Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage 

 tickets and Bills of Lading issued and signed at the 

 Office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, 

 Pier 27, N. R.,foot Park Place. Office on the 

 wharf. 

 W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. 

 Through Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all 

 routes and to all points in the South and Southwest, 

 and further information can be obtained at the office 

 of BENTLEY D, HASELL, General Agent, 



Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, 

 corner of Thomos street. Octll 3m 



TO SPORTSMEN 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.E. CO. 



Respectfully invite attention to the 



afforded by their lines for reaching most of the 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- 

 lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure 

 or injury. 

 The lines of 



PennsyTvani Railroad Companj 



also reach the best Idealities for 



GTJHNING AND FISHING* 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Mailing, Wing Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY, 

 8QUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT AVATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Pass. Agent, 

 Frank Thomson. Gen'l Manager. feblT-t£ 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHLNNECOCK BAY, L, I., 



By a practical gunner and an old bayman. Has 

 always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., 

 with the largest rig ot trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast. Special attention given by himself to hla 

 guests, and satisfaction guaranteed. Address WM. 

 N. LANE, Good Ground, L. I. NovS tf 



^yortgmm'z pontes. 



ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., NAS- 

 SAU, N. P., HAVANA, CUBA. 



From Savannah, Ga., to Nassau, N. P., and Ha- 

 vana, Cuba, via St. Augustine, FIB., steamship San 

 Jacinto will sail Jan. 29, Feb. 12 and 26, and every 

 alternate Tuesday. Connecting steamers leave New 

 York on Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23. 



FOR NASSAU DIRECT, 



Steamship Carondelet, February 6 and March 9, 

 and. monthly thereafter from Pier IB, East River, 

 New York. 



For all particulars, illusma a jiuide, Ac, apply to 



MURRAY, FEURIS & CO., 

 No. 62 South St. 



ONLY DIRECT 



FLORIDA LINE. 



For Fernandtna, Flu., Port Royal, S. C. anil 



Brunswick, Ha. 



Sailing every FRIDAY from Pier 20, E. R., at 8 p. h. 



Close connection made at each f>ort with all rail- 

 roads for the interior, and at Feruacdina with the 

 steamer Carrie (which has been refurnished), for 

 Jacksonville and the St. John's River. 



For through rates of freight and passage to al 

 points in the South and Southwei-t, apply to 



G. H. MALLORY & CO., Agents, 153 Maiden Lane, 



Nov29 4m NEW YORK. 



NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, 

 AND THE NORTH. 

 The first-class steamer ELM CITY leaves Pier 26, 

 East River, daily (Sundays excepted) at S p. x. Pas- 

 sengers to North and East at 12 p. M. 



NIGHT LINE— The CONTINENTAL leaves New 

 York at 11 p. m., arriving in New Haven In time for 

 the early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded by dally express freight 

 train from New Haven through 10 Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Freight received until 8 p. u. 

 RICHARD PECK, General Agent. 



HUNTING 



FOR DEER, BEAR, PARTRIDGES, DUOKS, * 

 Take the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 



FISHING 



FOR PIKE, PICKEREL, BASS, Etc , 

 Follow the G. R. and L— The "Fishing" Line 



Time, New York to Grand Bapldsi, 37 hear* 



EXPENSES LOW. 



Shooting season expires December IS. For infor- 

 mation as to routes, ratio and best points for the 

 various kinds of game, etc. Apply to 



A. B. LEET, Gen. Pass Agent, 

 A. HOPPE, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Eastern Agent, 116 Market St., Phlla., Pa. 

 Nov22tf 



OTONINGTON LINE, 



U FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. 



REDUCED FARE: 



Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- 



GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay St 



at 6:00 P.M. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN 



YEARS. 



Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State 

 tooms secured at offices of Westcott Express Com- 

 pany, and at 363 Broadway, New York, and 333 Waar* 

 fegton St., Brooklyn. 



PROVIDENCE LINE,' 

 Freight only, steamers leave Pier 3T, North River, 

 foot Park Place, at 4:30 P. M. Freights via either 

 line taken at lowest rates. 

 L. W. FILKINS, G. P. Agent, D. S. BABCOCK, Prea. 



ORIENTAL 



POWDER MILLS 



MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF 



GUNPOWDER 



Office— 13 BROAD STItEKT,:.B08T0N. 



BRANDS-DIAMOND GRAIN. 

 FALCON DUCKING. 

 WILD FOWL SHOOTH«sV> 

 WESTERN SPORTDML 

 (Oriental Rifle,) 



' The " Oriental » powder is equal to 

 expense Is spared to make the "beet 



^BRANCH OFBKmi 

 J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St., Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Cobb <fe Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago. 111. 

 O. J. Chapin, Agent, 215 Locnst St., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Agencies in the principal cities in the United States. 



CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY bought, sold 

 and exohanged. C S. PECK, S Weat Twentjy- 

 flfth;street, New York. Bepm ly 



