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tlie slopes are cultivated, but the greater part is a wilderness. 

 Mouutain ranges everywhere traverse the interior. They 

 circumscribe the entire peninsula which embraces the two 

 counties of Inverness and Victoria, and inclose a terra incog- 

 nita, known only to the Indians and moose-hunters. Nearly 

 all the rivers of Inverness are frequented by salmon and 

 large sea-trout, whOe Victoria possesses the noble Margarie 

 with its several branches, and the magnificent mountain 

 lake fi'om which its volume is supplied. 



This lake is easily reached by wagon from Whykokomah. 

 The angler who has once driven through Ainshe Glen to its 

 shores, launched his canoe upon its broad waters, and en- 

 tered its swiftly running stream, will never be content to 

 return until he has fished its successive pools to its very 

 mouth. And when the next summer comes with its season 

 of pleasure, he wiU long to live his experience over again. 



