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|HE family of tiny bass was to make 

 its home in the cove. Nor was ever 

 a mansion built for the residence of 

 man more beautiful than this sheltered 

 recess. 



Lone Pine Lake is itself worthy of full- 

 est acquaintance. It is a lake of the high 

 mountains, formed partly by nature, aided 

 by a three-foot dyke of man's building at 

 the outlet, and fed by a blue stream from the 

 north. 



This dyke of man's making accounts for 

 many of the fascinating surprises of the 

 lake. Before it was built, some of what is 

 now water was then sloping meadow, 



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