PREFACE. 



The Pathfinder and Gazetteer of the Fishing and Hunt- 

 ing Resorts of the State of Maine, together with a Digest of 

 the laws pertaining to Inland Fisheries and Game, which 

 now appears for the first time, is intended to help the sports- 

 man, tourist, and summer visitor to Maine in planning his 

 vacation and disposing of his time to the best advantage, and 

 thus to enable him the more thoroughh^ to enjoy and appre- 

 ciate the section of this State he visits, and get the most 

 possible enjoj'ment in the time he can spend in vacation, or 

 on a fishing or hunting trip. 



Many publications have been issued from time to time ad- 

 vertising some of the more prominent hunting and fishing 

 resorts of the State of Maine, all of them no doubt good, but 

 in each case only sections of the State are alluded to, and 

 were issued by parties particularly interested in the particu- 

 lar section advertised. 



This book deals with the entire State, and is authorita- 

 tive, and it is believed that there will be found in every 

 locality substantially what is herein stated, — I have not 

 exaggerated in the least. Sportsmen with limited means, 

 who cannot afford to stop at high priced hotels, will find 

 herein where there are good fishing and hunting resorts, 

 where the expenses can be kept within the means of a 

 large class who cannot afford to patronize the highest priced 

 hotels. 



The writer is L,. T. Carleton, Chairman of the Commis- 

 sioners of Inland Fisheries and Game of the State of Maine. 



No one is better aware than the writer himself of the im- 

 perfections almost inseparable from the first edition of a guide 

 book. 



In the preparation of this book the writer has received 

 most material aid from many old hunters, trappers, guides, 

 sporting camp proprietors, railroad officials, hotel proprietors 

 and the press of the State, and to these he particularly de- 

 sires to express his acknowledgment. 



"Go, little book. God send thee good passage." 



