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Trout-Fishing in the Rangeley Lakes. 



feet. Approaching from the south-east by way of Farmington and 

 Phillips, you first strike Rangeley Lake at its extreme eastern end ; 

 and here the entire group is generally spoken of as the Rangeley 

 Lakes. Coming from the other direction, by way of Andover, 

 Welokenebacook is first reached ; and in this region one hears 

 the group spoken of as the Richardson Lakes, although this name is 

 properly applicable only to Welokenebacook and Molechunkemunk. 



Leaving Portland a little after one o'clock, you arrive at Farming- 

 ton about six. A supper at the Forest House fortifies you for an eight- 

 een-mile ride to Phillips ; and this is materially shortened by " Uncle 

 John's" famous "bear story" and other characteristic narratives. 

 Stopping overnight, you take an early start the next morning, and 

 after a stage ride of twenty miles reach Kimball's Hotel, at the head 

 of Rangeley Lake, by noon. Taking dinner here, and after it one of 

 the little steamers which have recently invaded the sanctity of these 

 lakes, you are in an hour and a half landed at the foot of Rangeley. 



In comparison with the unpronounceable Indian names which the 

 contiguous lakes bear, that of Rangeley appears singularly com- 



