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from poaeliers, and to report to the commissioners the number 

 of people guided and the amount of fish taken and game killed. 



Along with all the usual facilities for the accommodation of 

 summer company, including the best of New England farm 

 liouse board, the Maine Yankee has some schemes all his own 

 which are worth noticing. The camps of the Messrs. Young and 

 Buxton at Lake Onawa illustrate one of these schemes, and their 

 management is spoken of in the highest terms by those who have 

 been entertained there. Their property consists of small, cosy, 

 log sleeping camps or lodges clustered around a large, log dining 

 camp with suitable kitchen annex. Good fishing and hunting 

 can be liad close by the home camps which are located but a few 

 minutes' walk from telegraph, express and postoflfice and railway 

 station. For the benefit of those who wish to penetrate further 

 into the wilderness, camps are located, equipped and provisioned 

 on the principal ponds and streams within a radius of twenty-five 

 miles. 



The camps of the Debsconeag Fish and Game club are 

 operated on a similar plan, except that in the end thev aim to 

 serve c1u1j members only. At present, however, they are open to 

 the public. Tliese camps are situated at First Debsconeag Lake, 

 fourteen miles by steamer and four by canoe, from Xorcross on 

 the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Forty lakes and streams 

 may be fished from then and tlie hunting is as good as the state 

 affords. 



Another special outing that is very po])ular in Elaine is the 

 steamer trip on ^Monsehead Lake. Steaml)oats accomodating 

 from six to twenty persons may be chartered at prices ranging 

 from $10.00 to $15.00 per day. They are fitted with everything 

 necessary for cooking and furnished with good berths. A party 

 may live on one of these boats as long as they choose, go where 

 they wish on a lake forty miles long by fifteen to twenty wide, 

 and be absolutely certain of good fishing in season. The fishing 

 is undoubtedly responsible for a much hirger influx of visitors, 

 and of far greater value to the citizens of the state, than the 

 hunting. While good bass, pickerel and ])ercli fishing may be 

 bad, trout and salmon are the great drawing cards. 



Brook trout are found throughout the lake regions and here 

 reacli their maximum size. Lake trout, or togue, as they are 



