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 It should be understood that the lakes and ponds in this 

 count}' are not resorted to by sportsmen or fishermen to any 

 great extent ; the towns in the northern part of this county 

 are favorite summer resorts, there are mam- excellent hotels 

 and boarding houses, and these ponds and lakes afford ex- 

 cellent sport for the summer tourist. 



There are also many brooks and large streams, favorite 

 fishing resorts for brook trout ; the country is clean, health- 

 ful, picturesque, the people are hospitable and it is in every 

 way desirable for a summer home. 



Hontingf, 



There are no moose ; there is no open time on deer; 

 along the coast and around the ponds there is excellent duck 

 shooting, also snipe ; in the northern part of the county 

 ruffed grouse are plentiful ; there are also man}- excellent 

 woodcock covers ; fox hunting is a favorite pastime. 



A WORD TO THE SPORTSMAN* 



The value of the Maine forests cannot be over estimated. 

 Any one who has been in a district over which a fire has re- 

 centh' passed will appreciate the utter ruin of this district for 

 several 3-ears for any purpose, for the tourist, the hunter or 

 the angler. I am confident that every sportsman is glad to 

 do anything in his power to prevent destruction of the for- 

 ests, and will carefully observe the following suggestions : 



First. The greatest care should be exercised between 

 April I St and October 31st, and if a fire is made in the forest, 

 or at a distance of less than half a mile therefrom, or upon 

 any island, for cooking or obtaining warmth, the maker 

 should first select a locality in which there is no vegetable 

 matter, dead wood, branches, brush wood, dry leaves or 

 resinous trees. 



Second. Clear the place in which he is about to light 

 the fire, b}- removing everything of a combustible nature 

 from the soil within a radius of at least 10 feet from the 

 fire. 



