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grand reservoirs of the Androscoggin River ; they are sur- 

 rounded by lofty mountains, and present more attractions to 

 the lovers of the picturesque than any similar scenery in 

 New England. They have long been the Utopia of hunters 

 and anglers. Though little visited by the general public, they 

 are much resorted to by members of the " Oquossoc Club," 

 who own a house, boats, and several hundred acres of land at 

 Eangely. The club comprises some seventy or eighty gen- 

 tlemen, chiefly from the vicinity of New York, who also con- 

 trol the Sandy River Ponds adjacent. These are the sources 

 of the Sandy River, a tributary of the Kennebec. There is 

 another club-house at Middle Dam Camp, which is at the 

 foot of Mollychunkemunk, ami at the head of Rapid River. 



The Umbagog lakes are most easily reached from Bethel, 

 on the Grand Trunk Railway, by stages to Upton. They are 

 accessible also from Farmington, on the Androscoggin Rail- 

 road, and thence by stage to Rangely via the town of 

 Phillips ; but the journey is long and tedious. 



The Sebec chain of lakes in Piscataquis county abound in 

 the far-famed landlocked salmon, as do other lakes to the 

 northward. They can be caught all the year round, even in 

 mid-winter through the ice ; but they spawn in November, 

 and the fishing season par excellence is from June to Sep- 

 tember inclusive. These lakes are reached from Sebec 

 station on the Piscataquis Railroad, and thence by stage five 

 miles to the fishing-grounds. The main lake is twelve miles 

 long. There are hotels both at the upper and lower ends, 

 and the little steamer "Rippling Wave" plies between in 

 the summer months, for the convenience of tourists and 

 anglers. Such bold biters are these fish, that the boys cap- 

 ture them by hundreds with merely a piece of pork for bait. 



The Megalloway is one of the tributaries of the Andros- 

 coggin, which it joins a few miles below its outlet from Um- 

 bagog Lake. It is nearly a hundred miles long, and for a 

 considerable distance is the boundary between Maine and 

 New Hampshire. It rises in the Canadian highlands, and 



