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from his letter. But in four days he received a polite answer, and 

 a circular from the land office of Maine confirming all. This year 

 he went to see for himself He entered lands for himself and for 

 each son, and also had orders from his neighbors to select for them. 

 An emigration has thus really commenced from one town in New 

 York to the East, thus reversing the usual order of things. 



I would say to all who wish to know more about this matter, to 

 send a letter, asking for a circular, to the Land Agent of Maine, 

 and directed either to Augusta or Bangor, and they will get all the 

 needful information. Or, if they wish to look for themselves, let 

 them take the Menemon Sanford each Wednesday and Friday night, 

 at Boston, steam it to Bangor, and then in three days they will 

 reach Presque Isle. Let them, if fond of gunning, take along a 

 musket or rifle, for there is the finest pheasant or partridge shooting 

 in the world. Often stage drivers take their guns, in order that 

 they may provide themselves with a dozen partridges before they 

 reach the end of their route. Now is the time for hunting moose, 

 •whose steaks leave a reminiscence of the most pleasant kind. It is 

 not difficult to get a crack at a bear, so that, in the line of the chase, 

 the Aroostook is well worth a visit." 



