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"The primeval woods of Maine cover an extent seven 

 times that of the famous " Black Forest " of Germany at its 

 largest expanse in modern times. The States of Rhode 

 Island. Connecticut and Delaware could be lost together in 

 our northern forests, and still have about each a margin of 

 wilderness sufficiently wide to make its exploration without a 

 registered guide a work of desperate adventure." 



There are 6000 streams represented upon the State map. 

 These ramifying into innumerable branches thread the sur- 

 face of the State by a fine net work of brooks, so that in all 

 parts it seems alive and in motion with running waters, a dis- 

 tinctive and characteristic feature, which strikes the attention 

 of sportsmen; there are upward of iSoo lakes and ponds 

 within the confines of the State, some of them being large, 

 while all of them are beautifully situated, and very accessible, 

 and in nearly all of them are found the square tailed trout, 

 and in a large proportion of them the land-locked salmon, 

 togue, black bass, white fish and white perch. 



Lake Sebago, in the southern part, near the city of 

 Portland, the metropolis of Maine, is a magnificent sheet of 

 water. In Kennebec county, Cobbosseecontee, Annabessa- 

 cook and Maranocook comprise a system of lakes : the famous 

 chain of Belgrade lakes and ponds, wonderful in resources, 

 are the delight of thousands of sportsmen. Moosehead Lake, 

 Maine's great inland sea, 40 miles in length, is known the 

 country over, and the Rangeley lakes are dear to the hearts 

 of fishermen in nearly every state in America. The AUegash, 

 in Aroostook county, is one of the most beautiful rivers in 

 Maine, passing through the very heart of a virgin forest. It 

 winds its way through lakes and ponds for more than a hun- 

 dred miles until it makes its junction with the St. John river, 

 which penetrates a country of surpassing loveliness. Square 

 Lake in the same county, and Grand Lake and the St. Croix 

 waters, in Washington county, are famed for their beauty 

 and attractiveness. 



When it is realized that the area of the lakes, ponds and 

 rivers in Maine is more than two million acres, it must be ac- 

 knowledged that the State offers exceptional advantages to 

 the seeker after piscatorial sport. 



