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These pests arc the Anglers, ''hetenoir.'' The midge and mos- 

 quito are simply annoying, hut the small hlack fly is perfect- 

 ly maddening to those who are unfortunate enough to possess 

 a sensitive epidermis. Pertinaciously they persist in their 

 merciless attacks, and find their Ava)"^ into ears, eyes and 

 nostrils, and through every unguarded aperture in the cloth- 

 ing. Their hite generally brings blood, and always leaves an 

 intolerable itching, which the slightest irritation serves only 

 to increase. After a time the blood appears to become inoc- 

 ulated with their virus, and their bite causes but little pain 

 or annoyance The initiatory process, however, is far from 

 agreeable, and to some persons quite destroys the pleasure of 

 forest life." 



Mosquitoes are plenty in both regions, and 

 about equally venomous. As for tlie midges, 

 or gnats, none were seen tliis trij) in Maine, but 

 they were met with in the Adirondacks in count- 

 less millions ; and all Mr. Murray says in their 

 disfavor is w^ell deserved. Mr. Murray gives the 

 distance from Keeseville to Martin's as 5G miles. 

 The w^riter having asked the distance a great 

 many times of different persons, nearly all agreed 

 in placing it at about eight miles less, yet it 

 might be 5G, as not much reliance can be placed 

 on individual estimates of country distances, 

 each oiie having a favorite estimate of his own. 



Mr. Murray recalls many familiar spots, iiar- 

 ticularly Blue Mountain Lake, tlie most? beautiful 

 of all, the lakes of Maine not excepted. 



