AND HOW TO REACH THEM. II 



Many times while on these hunts, if successful in 

 killing- a moose, Mr. Darling would strip the pelt 

 from the animal and crawl inside of it to keep 

 from freezing. 



When Mr. Darling hunted for hides, sportsmen 

 did not visit the State of Maine to any extent, and 

 there were few opportunities for guiding; but later 

 Mr. Darling's reputation as a mighty hunter made 

 him sought for, and as public interest was awakened 

 in making better game laws and enforcing them, he 

 abandoned skin hunting and commenced guiding 

 sportsmen, building camps in different parts of the 

 State, where the best hunting was to be found. 



Mr. Darling has guided some of the best known 

 sportsmen in the United States, from all walks in 

 life; he has a knowledge of the big game regions 

 from the Rangeley lakes to the eastern coast, and 

 it is believed that no other man in Maine can give 

 better information on the habits of the big game 

 and the best regions where it is to be found. 



Another of the famous guides of Maine is Joe 

 Francis, a full-blooded Penobscot Indian, respected 

 by all who know him, and as a hunter, trapper and 

 guide second to none. 



He was born in Houlton, Maine, and is now 

 forty-nine years of age, and has hunted since he 

 was thirteen years old. He is familiar with all 



