rNTBODTJCTORY. IX 



ingly on this subject, and from evidences furnished 

 by my own personal experience and observation. 



To the sportsman, whether of the forest or flood, 

 who has a taste for nature as God threw it from his 

 hand, who loves the mountains, the old woods, 

 romantic lakes, and wild forest streams, this region 

 is peculiarly inviting. The lakes, the rivers, and the 

 streams abound in trout, while "abundance of deer 

 feed on the lily pads and grasses that grow in the 

 shallow water, or the natural meadows that line the 

 shore. The fish may be taken at any season, and 

 during the months of July and August he will find 

 deer enough feeding along the margins of the lakes 

 and rivers, and easily to be come at, to satisfy any 

 reasonable or honorable sportsman. I have been 

 within fair shooting distance of twenty in a single 

 afternoon while floating along one of those rivers, 

 and have counted upwards of forty in view at the 

 same time, feeding along the margin of one of the 

 beautiful lakes hid away in the deep forest. 



The scenery I have attempted to describe the 

 lakes, rivers, mountains, islands, rocks, valleys and 

 streams, will be found as recorded in this volume. 

 The game will be found as I have asserted, unless 

 perchance an army of sportsmen may have thinned 

 it somewhat on the borders, or driven it deeper into 



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