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northern part of the state. This section would include 

 the northern portions of Somerset, Piscataquis, and 

 Penobscot counties and Aroostook county. 



In Somerset county, for a number of years, moose, 

 caribou, and deer have been killed in fair numbers in 

 the neighborhood of The Forks ; northeast from that 

 point is the Moosehead Lake country, which has for 

 many years yielded many moose and caribou. This is 

 still a good country for these animals, and bids fair to 

 continue so. 



The Katahdin Iron Works is a good place for the 

 big-game hunter to start from, for the country adjacent 

 to this place still contains many moose, and caribou 

 are likely to be found there. The country about 

 Schoodic, Jo Mary, and Upper Bemis pond is the home 

 of the moose. North of Bemis pond to the Aroostook 

 county line, from the east branch of the Penobscot and 

 west to the Canadian line, is good big-game country. 

 This includes Milinoket, Pamadumcook, Chesuncook, 

 Chamberlain, and Cancomgomoc lakes. In the neigh- 

 borhood of all these lakes, as well as in the streams 

 adjacent thereto, moose are to be found. It was near 

 Chesuncook lake, in 1895, that a moose with horns 

 spreading sixty-two inches was killed, this exceeding at 

 that time the best previously known spread by two 

 inches. 



Aroostook county contains many moose at the 

 present time, and caribou are generally found there. 

 Qx Bow is a good place from which to start on a hunt. 

 There are a number of excellent guides at this place, 

 who will take sportsmen to outlying camps with good 

 prospects of success. 



