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are so clear, that objects on a bright, sunny day, can 

 be seen to the depth of thirty or forty feet — the 

 angler often finds himself in a state of suspense, 

 between hope and fear, as he looks into the depths of 

 the lake, and sees his speckled majesty darting about 

 the hook, artfully trying the bait. 



The irregular form of the lake also, when the 

 whole from some eminence is brought under the eye 

 of the spectator, presents an interesting feature 

 in the prospect. It is wholly embraced within 

 an area of seven miles square, and yet it is so in- 

 dented with deep bays, projecting points, and head- 

 lands, that it presents a shore of about fifty miles in 

 extent, varying to every point of the compass, and 

 marking the outlines of the lake, with a continuous 

 round of graceful curves and angles ; all of which 

 are highly embellished by clusters of tall pines that 

 stand upon the points, and skirt the shores, flinging 

 their darkening shadows upon the water — while the 

 thick wood and level surface, that fall back for some 

 distance from the lake, gives a mellow aspect to the 

 whole, and a highly satisfying indication of the cha- 

 racter of the adjacent lands. But the islands that 

 dot the lake with their dark, green forms, in lively 



