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beautiful lakes and streams in the Adirondaeks, 

 Raquette Riv^er being- probably the most beauti- 

 ful stream in any wilderness. The brook trout 

 fishing is excellent, but not by any means equal 

 to that of certain portions of Maine ; and Mr. 

 Murray would be among the first to admit the 

 fact had he been Avith us last June. Where we 

 were is no lumbered district, and no logs with 

 the owner's ^^mark" on, were seen. The writer, 

 with a valued friend, three years ago last 

 June, jonrneyed from Lake Pleasant, Hamilton 

 County, X. Y., over many lakes and rivers, 

 including the Blue Mountain lakes and Ra- 

 quette Lake and River, and over numerous 

 carries, (one of thirteen miles,) to Martin's, 

 on the Lower Saranac, a distance of about 150 

 miles, and he is enforced to say that the lum- 

 berman's axe had been known in the Adirondack 

 Wilderness; for on nearly the whole route may 

 be encountered numerous logs bearing the 

 owner's ^'mark," x^articularly in the Raquette 

 and Saranac Rivers, as well as in the Saranac 

 Lakes, Tiix^per's Lake, and all about Paul 

 Smith's, at St. Regis. Apollos Smith, called fin- 

 short "Pol.," has finally settled doAvn into being- 

 addressed as Paul Smith. The Rev. Dr. S. H. 

 Coxe, of Utica, with whom the writer camped 



