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commodious stables. He moved his family in and kept a lumber- 

 man's hotel here for four years, to the great comfort and accept- 

 ance of woodsmen, and, we doubt not profit, to himself. 



This place is on the line of the sandstone strata of Stair falls and 

 the foot of Montagamon or Grand lake of the East branch, and we 

 expected to find it in place here. No rock formation of any kind, 

 however cropped out here, but the prevailing stone or boulders 

 though not large, were sandstone. Of this stone the foundations 

 and underpinning of the house were built. Mr. Twitchell had 

 also built a lime kiln, when he was putting up his buildings, and 

 availed himself of the " Ilelderberg limestone," some six miles 

 north-easterly, of which we shall speak hereafter, burnt very good 

 lime with which he laid up his chimneys and plastered liis rooms. 

 He was piloted to this locality of limestone by one of the Indians 

 who was with Dr. Jackson who discovered it on his tour up the 

 Seboois into the Aroostook, and the discovery was of great service 

 to him in his enterprise of building so extensively so far from the 

 facilities and conveniences of civilized life. 



The surface of this farm is rolling, the soil a good sandy loam 

 and productive. We have spoken of the horseback which here 

 shows itself a short distance west of the house, curving round to 

 the east, which is evidently distinct and independent from the one 

 through which the Seboois passes, six miles further east. The 

 farm and fixtures now belong to Amos M. Roberts, Esq., of Ban- 

 gor, who makes it productive in hay and other supplies for his 

 lumber operations in the forest above. We found it in charge of 

 Mr. Nahum Stackpcle, formerly of Augusta, who, though keeping 

 bachelor's hall, nevertheless entertained us very comfortably, and 

 assisted us in our operations at very reasonable charges. 



Scragly Lake. 



Wishing to obtain specimens of some of the fish and rep/ilia of 

 Scragly lake, I obtained the services of Mr. William Staples, who 

 with Mr. Knox, engaged in this neighborhood hunting, and had a 

 canoe in its waters, to accompany and guide us thitiicr. This lake 

 lies about five miles north-westerly from the Seboois House, aud 

 is reached by travelling over a very good supply road. 



Hs waters are one of the sources of the west branch of the Se- 

 boois. On reaching the foot of the lake we found the inecilahle 

 dam, which the enterprise of the Penobscot lumbermen have built 



