Cobb's Island Prices

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 7th.

Editor Forest and Stream:

In your last issue, a correspondent who signs himself "Chasseur," writes in glowing terms of the splendid shooting to be had at Cobb's Island, Va., both now and during the late fall and winter months. He refers, also, to the kind-hearted Cobbs and Spady, as being thoroughly honest, and who will never seek to overcharge their patrons to the amount of a single cent. Will "Mr. Chasseur" please inform your readers how long it is since the kind-hearted Cobbs and Spady ceased to charge during the ducking and goose shooting season, the modest little sum of $5 per day each for their services, and $3 per day for very ordinary board, besides half the geese and duck you may kill?

The writer has done considerable shooting on the coast, from New England to Currituck, and of all the expensive places for accommodation offered, Cobb's Island, with the kind-hearted Cobbs and Spady as guides, take the front.

ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE.

If this is the true state of affairs at Cobb's Island, there is reason to believe that the birds will fly in peace there. We hope "Chasseur" will inform us on this point, for the FOREST AND STREAM does not wish to act as a wrecker's luring light.