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abutted by two or three bold promontories with 

 mottled white and gray rocks. Its greatest extent 

 in any one direction is perhaps less than a mile. Its 

 waters are perfectly clear and abound in lake trout. 

 A considerable stream flows into it which comes 

 down from Indian Pass. 



A mile south of the village is Lake Sandford. 

 This is a more open and exposed sheet of water and 

 much larger. From some parts of it Mount Marcy 

 and the gorge of the Indian Pass are seen to excel- 

 lent advantage. The Indian Pass shows as a huge 

 cleft in the mountain, the gray walls rising on one 

 side perpendicularly for many hundred feet. This 

 lake abounds in white and yellow perch and in 

 pickerel; of the latter single specimens are often 

 caught which weigh fifteen pounds. There were a 

 few wild ducks on both lakes. A brood of the 

 goosander or red merganser, the young not yet able 

 to fly, were the occasion of some spirited rowing. 

 But with two pairs of oars in a trim light skiff, it 

 was impossible to come up with them. Yet we 

 could not resist the temptation to give them a chase 

 every day when we first came on the lake. It 

 needed a good long pull to sober us down so we 

 could fish. 



The land on the east side of the lake had been 

 burnt over, and was now mostly grown up with 

 wild cherry and red raspberry bushes. Buffed 

 grouse were found here in great numbers. The 

 Canada grouse was also common. I shot eight of 

 the latter in less than an hour on one occasion; the 



