Evening star., 1896-12-26

through low, marshy lands, which are
famous for their hunting and are filled
with snipc and ducks. Beyond these we
could see the forests and off in the distance
the great casino or club house. where the
most of the members of the club have their
winter quarters. We landed at the wharf
ana spent some hours in going about the
island.
A Great Game Preserve,
Everywhere we went we saw traces of
game, and We learned that we were In
one OF the best game preserves of the
United States. Jekyl Island Is eleven miles
long and about two miles wide 1t con-
talns l4,OoO acres, and this is of such a
character that it is adapted to all kinds of
game Thirty-fve hundred acres of IT
are OF salt marsh. twenty-five hundred
acres are Of heavy oak and pine forest.
twenty-five hundred acres are OF
old Sea Island cotton land. and
$500 acres are of hemmock and u dru
savanna land The result is that all kinds
of game will thrive. The forests are fun
OF deer and wild hogs. In the game keep
ers' lodge L saw specimens of the game
which had been shot and they embraced
many kinds of animals and birds. The
deer are found here naturally but many OF
the birds are imported. The game keeper
said, I'VE get thousands of quail every
year and let them loose. Our members
want to shoot quail, but they do not thrive
Well here, so We have to import them
We let out from 500 to a thousand at a
time, and it is not uncommon for a dog to
chase up oOOsout of a single cover. We
have SO many deer here that we have to
put net around the club house grounds
to keep them away from the house You
may see score of them walking about
near the houses almost any moonlight
night, and it is no trouble to shoot them"
Il should think that good sportsman
would soon kill them off," said 1.
so they could replied the game keeper.
q hf1tt tn
man can shoot. He can kill only so many
quail or pheasants in a day and only so
many deer IN a season. During the sum-
mer the game gets very tame, but 1t soon
grows wild when the members come down
here in the winter, and it is good sport"
Turkey and Pheasant Shooting.
Some Of the best sport upon Jekyl Island
is in hunting pheasants and turkeys. rhe
pheasants have been imported from Eng
land. One hundred were brought over in
1885, and Of these only seventy-eight lived.
In one season they laid 1000 eggs, which
were Matched out by barn-yard hens. When
the little pheasant chicks had grown they
were turned out into the woods. The next
year 100 more hen pheasants were i'm
ported, and now the woods swarm with
them. Wild turkeys are native to The re-
giol. They are to be found in the oak end
pine woods. They are very shy, and it
takes turkey call to bring them out. 1t
the mainland TO the island, and the birds
nearly always stay. In the salt marshes
there are plenty of Snipe, and the cotton
and grain fields are filled with quail. Then
there are plenty of woodcock, plover and
doves, SO that the millionaires have no
trouble about getting something to kill.
The Cottages and the Club House.
l spent some time in looking at the build
ings on Jekyl Island. The cottages are
not very extravagant-that is, they are not
extravagant as rich mems homes. They
are rather extravagant as cottages for
they cost all the way from $15 900 to 500, 600
each. There Is one $4,000 house that has
never been occupied. The millionaire who
ordered it built thought he might want 1t
some time, but SO far has not come to see
1t. The club house itself cost, am told,
about 100000. 1t is a big three-story brick
building with q tower at one end and with
an immense circular porch running around
1t. 1t Is heated by steam and IT is now be-
Ing lighted by electricity. 1t formerly had
gas, but the result was not satisfactory,
and so the building is being torn to pieces
and electric lights put in. OF course, IL
will cost q lot of money to make an inde-
pendent electric light plant, but these rich
men can stand 1t.
I went through the new apartment house
which Is now being built. There are about
and 1t will have, judge. about a dozen
apartments. 1t Is being built with pack
| Ing of wool or hair between the walls, in
order that every sound may be deadened
and SO that the millionaire of the floor
above may not hear the snores Of the mill
| lionaire of the floor below. Everything is
Of course, of the most luxurious nature
and money is of no object when there Is
| any question of comfort under coissidera-
tion. could write column about the