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PRAIRIE AND FOREST. 



to the scene and suitable figures for foreground to the 

 picture. 



From this point, where you leave the boats, a port- 

 age of four miles occurs, which has to be traversed on 

 foot; however, the walking is not bad, although too 

 rough for driving. The path is well denned and 

 erratic, one moment pointing direct for the impene- 

 trable woods, the next following the margin of the 

 river. Some persons have christened this portion of 

 the Androscogan " Mad Kiver," a name far from inap- 



IlIVER SCENE. 



propriate, as for more than a mile it is one succession 

 of grand rapids and miniature cascades, boiling, surg- 

 ing, and rushing for the placid bosom of Lake Umba- 

 gog. Good fly-fishing can be obtained at low water 

 all along this portion close to the margin, where the 

 water forms many miniature eddies ; but woe betide 

 your tackle if you should chance to hook a heavy fish, 



