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The elevations at the above named lakes and ponds will 

 average about 1600 feet. The scenery and surroundings are 

 grand . 



Hunting; Resorts. 



It may be said, generally, that this county is one vast 

 deer park, and the sportsman can hardly fail to get his com- 

 pliment of two deer in any town in the county, while it is a 

 favorite hunting ground for moose. Generally, the hotels are 

 good, homelike and comfortable, and registered guides can 

 be procured in any town. 



Moose. 



There is no game animal so persistently sought after or 

 hunted, or regarded as so grand a trophy when captured in 

 the chase, as the Maine moose. No labor or expense is con- 

 sidered too great, by many sportsmen, for their capture. It 

 should be understood that it is no child's play to secure a 

 moose. Many try, some succeed. The number of moose in 

 the United States is not large, for the region they inhabit is 

 comparatively very small. Within the borders of the State 

 of Maine prol)al)ly stand more moose than can be found in all 

 North America outside of its limits, in regions accessible 

 to sportsmen and hunters. A great deal of the best breeding 

 and feeding grounds are along the Canadian border, hun- 

 dreds of miles in extent, while favorite hunting grounds are 

 in the vicinity of lakes, logans, "dead waters," and their 

 tributaries. 



No sportsman should undertake to hunt big game, at 

 least, without a registered guide, on account of his safety and 

 comfort. Guides are registered by the State, and are amena- 

 ble to the State for their proper conduct while guiding. 



It may also be said that ruffed grouse, (partridge), are 

 plentiful in all the county, also foxes and many bears, and 

 some wild cats are annually taken by sportsmen. 



The limits of this volume could be easily exhausted with 

 a truthful portrayal of the fishing and hunting resorts of this 

 county alone, but I must condense. 



At any and all of the above named lakes and inlets of the 

 satrie, good moose and deer hunting is to be had in open sea- 

 son for this game. 



Sherman and Patten Junction, 104 miles from Bangor, 

 first railroad station in this county on road to Houlton from 



