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which "means a stream running over a gravelly bed ;" and the 

 " Piscataquis'^ which is about one hundred miles in length, and 

 forms a junction with the main river some thirty or forty miles 

 above Bangor ; its waters are clear as crystal, and the current 

 rapid. Also the " Seboois," several days' journey from the mouth 

 of the Matawamkeag. Some of the wildest and most interesting 

 Bcenery in the state occurs on this river and on the lofty mount- 

 ains in its vicinity. Godfrey's Falls, as seen in the opposite cut, 

 plunge around the base of high mountainous banks hundreds of 

 feet above the wild torrent which rushes between them. These 

 falls are impassable, and when boatmen arrive here they are com- 

 pelled to carry their effects and boats up a ledge on the left side 

 of the falls, at an angle of 45°, and then through the burned 

 forest for the distance of four miles before again attempting to 

 navigate the river. 



Not less than fifty mountains and seventeen lakes may be seen 

 from the summit of Sugar-loaf Mountain, which stands a little 

 removed from the shores of the Seboois, as represented in the cut 

 at the end of this chapter ; and among the interesting objects 

 viewed from this point is Chase's Mountain, on the west side of 

 the Seboois, very peaked, which rises like a vast pyramid from the 

 dense forest country around it, a representation of which may be 

 seen on page 211. 



There are many important islands in the Penobscot ; several 

 of them contain many hundred acres of land. Among them men- 

 tion may be made of " Olemon" which contains some three hund- 

 red acres ; likewise " Sugar Island," of corresponding magnitude ; 

 " Orson Island," twelve hundred acres ; " Marsh Island," five 

 thousand acres ; " Oldtown," the present site of an Indian vil- 

 lage, three hundred acres ; Orono, one hundred and fifty acres. 

 On these islands are several flourishing villages, Oldtown, Orono, 

 and Stillwater, in the vicinity of which are the principal mill 

 sites, which are from seven to fourteen miles above Bangor. 



