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the B. & M. R. R. at Salmon Falls 3-011 pass through Ber- 

 wick, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Biddeford, Saco, 

 Old Orchard, to Portland ; at Portland you may take the 

 Portland & Rochester R. R. for Rochester, N. H. and Wor- 

 cester, Mass., in Maine passing through the towns of Alfred, 

 32 m. from Portland, Buxton, 14 m. from Alfred and 18 m. 

 from Portland, Hollis, 14 m. from Alfred, on stage route 

 from Freedom, N. H., Waterboro, 28 m. from Portland and 

 4 m. from Alfred ; from Alfred Little Ossipee Pond is easily 

 reached by team, 4 m., a fine bod}^ of water in which are 

 salmon, black bass and pickerel, affording excellent fishing ; 

 Springvale in Sanford, 5 m. from Alfred, on P. & R. R. R., 

 and Mousam River R. R., is a beautiful lake, and from here 

 Square Pond, Mousam Pond, and other small ponds in the 

 town of Shapleigh are reached, also Great East Pond and 

 Wilson Pond, partly in Maine and partly in New Hampshire, 

 affording excellent fishing for trout, black bass and pickerel, 

 in lyimington, 20 m. north of Alfred, is North East Pond, in 

 the northern part of the town, a fine place for trout and black 

 bass fishing ; in Acton, 14 m. from Alfred on stage line from 

 Wolfeboro Junct., on B. &. M. R. R., Wilson and Great 

 Ponds are situated, in which there is good trout, bass and 

 pickerel fishing ; in Newfield, 16 m. from Alfred, on stage 

 line from So. Waterboro on P. & R. R. R., Turner, Adam 

 and Symms Ponds, and other small ponds are situated, in 

 which are trout and black bass in fairly good numbers, also 

 some pickerel ; from Alfred, Burganut, Shaker, Kennebunk 

 and Swan Ponds are reached by team, in which there is 

 good bass and pickerel fishi'ng ; in Limerick, 16 m. from 

 Alfred, terminus of daily stage line connecting with P. & R. 

 R. R. at Center Waterboro, is situated Hollands Pond, con- 

 taining bass, pickerel and some trout ; in Parsonsfield, 22 m. 

 from Alfred, on stage line from Center Waterboro, from 

 Cornish depot, on M. C. R. R., East Wakefield depot, N. 

 H., West, Mudgett, Long and Spruce Ponds are reached, 

 good fishing for trout and bass, also some pickerel; Kallicks 

 Pond in Hollis, Eagle Pond in Buxton and Hollis, 14 m. 

 north of Alfred, on Portland & Rochester R. R., Mousam 

 and Square Ponds in Shapleigh, 10 m. from Alfred, terminus 

 of stage line from Springvale, are fine bodies of water afford- 

 ing fair fishing for trout, some land-locked salmon and good 

 bass and pickerel fishing. 



