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is nu doubt the Meddybemps Luke and Stroaiu, known tlirough its use as a 

 portage route, wliicli is shown on D'Anville's fine map of 1755; and witli 

 the portage made a stream, as is not uncommon on early maps, it is shown 

 also on tlie Green-.Tefferys map of the same year. 



From the Scoodic Lakes tliere was a portixge to the head of the Machias 

 River. The route is mentioned by Allan, who traversed it with much diffi- 

 culty in 1777, is on his map of 178G, is shown fully on Kidder's map in his 

 "Revolutionary Operations," and it is clearly shown on a map in Colby's 

 Atlas of Washington County. It ran from near the eastern end of the lower 

 Scoodic Lake to Pokonioonshine Lake at the head of the Machias. 



Map No. 4. The St. Choix-Cobscook-Machias Portages. 

 From a map by an Indian in the Library of the Maine Historical Society ; x J. 



From Cobscook Bay to the Machias there was a route through the Lakes 

 in the township of Whiting. It is very clearly shown on the Francis Joseph 

 map of 1798 herewith given (Map No. 4). 



S. Pas&amaquoddy- Penobscot. 



Grand Lake-Baskahegan. This wi\s a part of the greatly-used route from 

 the St. .lolin to the I\'nobscot via Eel River (2 E). Its course, as given 

 me by two resident", is shown on the accompanying map No. 5, and it is 

 described by one of them,' who knows it thorouglily, as follows : It left Grand 

 Lake at Davenport's cove and ran south west over a considerable hill two 

 and a half miles to Cleaves Landing on the Haskahegan, a mile below the 

 present railway bridge and village. The Biuskahegan is easy of navigation in 



i Mr. D. Oilpatrick, of Danforth, Me. 



