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With John Danforth, designer and builder, an 

 adept woodsman, hunter, and guide, a bunch of 

 muscle, and a brain worth the ownership, we spent 

 at his hostelr^, Camp Caribou, nearly a week ; an 

 enjoyable one, although the elements were against 

 us, it being a week of almost continuous rain, and 

 though in the latter part of June colder than 

 average May weather. 



Our fishing was all done from boats within a 

 radius of four or five miles from camp. 



There are large trout in the lake, and one of 

 three and a half pounds, a beautiful fish, was taken 

 by one of our party ; while during our stay Mr. 

 Burroughs of the Boston Museum Company, who 

 with his friend Mr. Carlos was encamped on the 

 shore of the lake, took one with the fly weighing 

 four and three-quarter pounds. 



As I before stated, our luck was poor. We took, 

 comparatively, but few fish, and not many of even 

 a pound weight. At Little Boy's Falls, where the 

 best fishing is usually had, we did nothing, owing to 

 " high water." At Little Boy's Pond, near the falls, 

 upon which we put our boats, we had fair fishing in 

 point of numbers, though the trout were small. 



The camp conveniences, table, boats, and guides 

 are excellent, and John Danforth is the head and 

 front of it all. Too much cannot be said in his 

 praise, as all who know him will attest. 



