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quid Pond, Duck Puddle Pond, Damariscotta River and 

 Great Bay, where excellent fishing for bass, white perch and 

 pickerel can always be found ; a little farther on the town of 

 Waldoboro is reached, in which is situated Medoniac Ponds, 

 also Weston Pond and Duck Puddle Pond partly in Noble- 

 boro, favorite local fishing resorts for bass, pickerel, perch 

 and some other fish ; still continuing along the line of the 

 road the city of Rockland is reached in Knox county; 

 the town of Bremen, reached from Waldoboro by stage or 

 boat, contains Biscay Pond, partly in Damariscotta, Muscon- 

 gus, McCurds and Pemaquid Ponds, the latter partly in 

 Bremen and partly in Damariscotta ; good bass, pickerel and . 

 white perch fishing. The towns of Jefferson and Somerville, 

 reached by stage from Augusta, contain Dyers Pond, lyong 

 Pond and Pleasant Pond in Jefferson, and Patricktown and 

 James Ponds in Somerville, noted pickerel, white perch and 

 black bass ponds ; contains also trout and some land-locked 

 salmon ; there are a multitude of brooks in these various 

 towns which afford excellent trout fishing, also bass and 

 pickerel. 



One of the most wonderful sights in the world is to see the 

 alewives or herring in the Damariscotta and other rivers in 

 this county at the season of the year when they are on their 

 annual excursion to their spawning beds. Many thousands of 

 barrels of these fish tare annually taken, cured by a smok- 

 ing process and are found in the markets of the world. 



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The lakes and ponds and the many large bays, especially 

 Merrymeeting Bay, and the large rivers and inlets in this 

 county afford the finest of duck shooting ; duck shooting pro- 

 hibited in the night in and around Merrymeeting Bay or 

 Kennebec River below the bridge at Gardiner ; ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock in their seasons are plentiful in this county ; no 

 moose ; open time on deer during October only ; a few are 

 taken annually. 



OXFORD COUNTY. 



Boundaries: North by Province of Quebec; east by 

 Pranklin, Androscoggin and Cumberland counties; south by 

 Cumberland and York ; west by New Hampshire ; area about 

 1700 sq. m. One of the eight principal game counties, long 



