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ness, crossed laterally by roads at only two points in a dis- 

 tance of ninety-five miles. 



The Allagash and Walloostook are the most northern and 

 western rivers of Maine, and head in a region of numerous 

 lakes. All these waters abound in trout, but none which 

 debouch above the Grand Falls of the St. John contain sal- 

 mon. The Falls are seventy-five feet high, and no salmon 

 could make that leap. 



