"the Sporstman's Paradise."

Rich as Colorado is in her manifold resources of gorgeous scenery, glorious climate and treasure vaults of gold and silver, she also possesses hunting and flshing grounds urisurpassed in our whole country. Only a few years ago when these grounds were the undisputed domain of the savage, the only access was by the narrow and dangerou.5 mountain trails and passes, and the way was disputed by the foe of the white man. Novv almost every seetion of the state where the fliiest game or flsh is l'ound, can be reacht d in a Pullman car, and every town or summer resort is convenient to prolific huuting and fishing grounds. The forests which cover so large a proportion of the state are the natural covert for elk, deer, antelope, theltocky Mountain sheep as well as a variety of smaller game, while the streams and lakes in countless number are teeming with mountain trout, those speckled beauties that so delight the heartof the experienced Nimrod, while the more common varieties of iish plv the waters in ampie swarms. Though by no means the chiefest of sports in Colorado, trout fishing is tiie almost universal pastime, because of thegreat abundance of the opportunities, the ease of access to lakes and streams, and the comfort with which this delightf ui sport can be pursiied. Trout Flsblng. The water courses of Colorado comprise eight principal rivers which, having their squrces centrally inthemountains, flow in all directions through the state, increasing in volume from j íess numbers oí lesser tributarles. In ! all of these wa era, from the little brook high up in the mountains to the broad rivers in the valley, abound the mountain irout, in all his sportive gayety, his beauty of form and hit delicate toothsomeness, the latter unexrvlled by any species of the piscatorial tribe. Of the beautlful lakes distributed throughout the mountain regions of Colorado which vary in size from five square miles to the circumference of a mili pond, raany are without names because of the great number and their remoteness from towns and settlements. Indeed it were needless to name thent; but there i . something pertinently suggestive to anglers in the articulation of icapper'a L.ke, Grand Lake, Clear Lakt;, (reen Lake, Twin Lakes, Elk Lake, Goose Lake. Trout Lake, Cotonyood Lake, Evergreen Lake, and the like, thronghout the long list of an liundred littlo fairy pools nestling away up between the whitened peaks, their crystal waters reilecting the blue sky and the mysty veil that hangs suspended frorh the summits above. These lakes having their inlets and ontlets by the rnountain streams, are likewisê swanning and teeming with fish and are the resort of those who prefer the comforts of fishing trom a boat to the more arduous sport of wading the streams. Here the trout is found in his most magniiicient form, though in lake and stream he is evesywhere master of the waters. Other varieties of üsh abound, and many goodly blue catflsh and tine gamy perch of varied hue are taken, ïhe blue and vellow catfish amï thp Germán carp are raised to some extent in the hatcheries, and become a part of the stock in small private Ukes. They are also found occasionally in the streams, but are not numeroüs. Under the benefit tisherv laws of Colorado, the valuableaidof the United States Fish Uatehery, (located at lead ville) and the individual efforts of the citizens, the v.irious streams and lakes are annually re3tocked and the breed improved to meet the possible depletion by the settlement and aggressions or man ana tne many industries that become destructive to the flnny tribe. Tlic Sirisiiiiui's SeaHon. The statutes of the state protecting game permits the of game birds troin August ]5th to November Jst; water fowl, from September Ist to May lst. Deer and elk may be killed from August lst to November lst. The killing of buffalo and mountain sheep is prohibited. It is lawful to take fish with hook and line from June lst to December lst. Netting1, poison and explosivas are prohibited. The great hunting grounds of Colorado have become somewhat circumscribed of late years by the encroachnents of industrial settlement. So uuch the better. Game of all discriptions, hovvever, is found in all quarters of the state, except upon the plains which is the domain of the jack rabbit alone, and even he furnishes rare sport to tne nuntsinan. Jack rabbit hunts are oí' frequent occiurence where the sport results in tuking 500 to 1000 in a day, and the writer reealls one instance where a round-im of thirty-four guns resulted in the" bagging of 4C0O in twelve hoiirs shooting. Yet it may be surpnsing abroad, as itis to many at home, that theterritory yet left undisturbed as the home oí wild animáis in Colorado, islarger ihan the state of New York. This is the former favorite hunting ground of the Indian, f rom which he is now forever excluded, and it is free and invitingr to the white man from whatever land he may come. Larve Qune This "paradise of tb e sportsman," as it is very appropiately termed, coni prises the great peaks and valleys, forrests, streams and lakes of Routt, O rand and Garfield counties. This is the favored región for elk, deer, antelope, rabbits, duck, geese, prairie chiekens, grouse, quail, and other varieties of the feathery and wooly tribes, including the wolf, mountain lion and bear, the latter sometimes heightening the interest of a day's sport by becoming the hunters of men, thus reversing temporarily, the order of things. The streams and lakes of the lowlands throughout the state swarm with duck and gefce in their season. It is only nece ssary to find the valley of a stream to insure good duck shooting1. To enjoy this superb sport go to this land of wonders, obtain an outfit at any of the neighboring mountain towns and you will find every condition to meet your fancies and satisfy your most exalted ambition, and be received with a most hospitable western weiome.