14 GENERAL REMARKS. 



Lake Suj^^rior, where fish of two pounds weight 

 can be captured to the heart's content. The fish of 

 Maine are of rich and strong color, while those of 

 Lake Superior have the bright sides and delicate 

 tints of the sea-trout. All brook trout, however — 

 the genuine salmo fontinalis — have the peculiar 

 bright vermilion specks that distinguish them from 

 kindred species, and these are distinctly visible upon 

 the silver sides of the fish of Lake Superior. 



The innumerable rivers of the State of Maine are 

 interwoven together in such a manner that the fish- 

 erman, urging his silent canoe with dripping paddle 

 or stout pole, gliding beneath the arching boughs 

 that shade in gloom the narrow stream, or pushing 

 boldly into the open lakes, can pass from one region 

 of waters to another, and, making short portages, 

 explore in a continuous trip rivers that run north, 

 east, and west. To the true sportsman, armed with 

 pliant rod and feathered hook for the seduction of 

 the merry trout, and trusty rifle loaded with heavy 

 ball for the destruction of the lordly moose, nothing 

 surpasses the intense enjoyment of wandering amid 

 the forest wilds from river to river, threading the 

 uninhabited groves, or following the unknown and 

 unnamed stream, and leaving to whun or chance, or 

 the influence of luck, to determine his final destina- 

 tion. Alone with his single guide he is content ; 

 accompanied by a friend, still better pleased ; in a 

 party of associates perfectly happy ; blessed by the 

 society of ladies — real ladies and true wood nymphs 

 — ^he is in Elysium. 



