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terminus of the Grand Trunk Kailroad will have to be 

 reached, where you will procure your ticket for Bethel, 

 Oxford County. The scenery through which you will now 

 rush, dragged by the iron horse, is magnificent, alike 

 suited to the taste of artist or sportsman ; but one thing is 

 certain to cause a regret, viz. that the numerous beautiful 

 rivers and brooks that so frequently will be seen or 

 traversed, are now destitute of fish, at least so I was 

 informed, although I could not learn the reason why. 

 Visions of mill-dams, without fish-ways, and tons of saw- 

 dust floating in islands, hovered before me, and, probably 

 whispered a true cause of the destruction of the thousands 

 of fish which doubtlessly swarmed here before genus homo, 

 which his devices and march of improvement, had defiled 

 these formerly pure, pellucid brooks. Bethel, where you 

 leave the train, will be found a model village, which, for 

 cleanliness and neatness, it would be impossible to surpass. 

 As you progress along the principal thoroughfare, the 

 pretty dwellings overshadowed by handsome shade trees, 

 remind you of some of Longfellow's beau ideal New Eng- 

 land homes. The hotel, also, is very comfortable, and Mr. 

 Lovejoy, the proprietor, can give good information and 

 instruction as to your future proceedings. He also will 

 supply you with a conveyance to take you to Upton, dis- 

 tance about twenty-seven miles, over a road far from good ; 

 but if the weather be fine, you will be so delighted with 

 the beautiful panoramas of wild and magnificent mountain 

 views that time will slip by rapidly, and ruts and jolts will 

 be totally forgotten. For the first five or six miles of 

 your drive you pass along the margin of the grand 



