. The American angler. Fishing. Old Colony Fishing and Shooting. 145 Between Buzzards Bay and Province- town the mink, rabbit, fox and raccoon are still taken. In the heavy woods of lower Plymouth, Sandwich, Falmouth, -and Barnstable the deer still roam in considerable numbers. In the eastern neighborhoods, duck, plover, yellow- legs, quail, geese and "grass birds ;" in Truro, quail, snipe, plover and duck; in Yarmouth and Dennis, c^uail, part- ridge, yellow-legs, snipe and duck ; in Bourne and Falmouth, partridge, quail, and sea fowl are reported as among the rewards of the sportsma


. The American angler. Fishing. Old Colony Fishing and Shooting. 145 Between Buzzards Bay and Province- town the mink, rabbit, fox and raccoon are still taken. In the heavy woods of lower Plymouth, Sandwich, Falmouth, -and Barnstable the deer still roam in considerable numbers. In the eastern neighborhoods, duck, plover, yellow- legs, quail, geese and "grass birds ;" in Truro, quail, snipe, plover and duck; in Yarmouth and Dennis, c^uail, part- ridge, yellow-legs, snipe and duck ; in Bourne and Falmouth, partridge, quail, and sea fowl are reported as among the rewards of the sportsman ; and the cor- responding sections of the Cape are equally desirable in this respect. It is safe to commend the waters of the Old Colony and its neighborhoods, inland and ocean, to the sojourner or tourist who desires piscatorial sports as a feature in his outing experiences, as also for the gunner under similar Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, William Charles, 1830-1905, ed. New York : [The Angler's Publishing Company]


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