Vermont and New Hampshire, the west 
of Somerset county, in Maine, there lies 
a tract of country which, although the 
seat of some of the earliest settlements 
on the continent, is yet comparatively 
unsubdued, The reason for this is doubt- 
less owing to the extremely broken con- 
tour of the country, for we find that 
where the land is level the country has 
long been settled. There is no doubt 
but that the vast water power of this 
district will some day support a large 
population, but at present the most of 
the streams rush unimpeded over their 
rocky beds and serve as abodes for 
countless numbers of the finny tribes. 
The principal rivers are the’ Yamaska, 
St. Francis, Nicolet, Becancour, and 
Chaudiere, on the latter of which are the 
picturesque falls of the same name. The 
largest lakes are Memphremagog, Mas- 
sawippi, Aylmer, St. Francis, and Me- 
gantic; but throughout the region are 
found numberless smaller lakes, and from 
the hillsides, countless streams gush 
down to swell the volumes of the larger 
rivers. The seenery is romantic and 
beautiful in the extreme, and the moun- 
tain air peculiarly bracing. 
The region is accessible by way of the 
Grand Trunk Railroad from Portland, 
Maine, Sherbrooke being the most con- 
venient point of departure on this line, 
by way of the Connecticut & Passump- 
sic River Railroad, from Boston, either 
disembarking at Newport or going on 
to Waterloo, and by Hudson River and 
Lake Champlain to St John’s, and thence 
to Waterloo. A steamer conveys the 
tourist from Newport to Magog; which 
latter is a good centre of operations. 
There is a fair hotel at Sherbrooke, the 
Magog House; rate $1.50 per day. At 
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Magog there is also a fair hotel whose 
price is about $1 per day, and the same 
is charged at Waterloo for fair accom- 
modations. 
As regards the fishing, the tourist 
may do one of three things, he may locate 
at Waterloo, Magog, or Sherbrooke, and 
make excursions into the surrounding 
country; he may take up his quarters at 
some small village or farm house, near 
which there is good fishing, or he may 
camp out, the most enjoyable way of all, 
In the first case a horse and buggy may 
be hired for about $1.50 per day, and 
there are many good streams within a 
radius of sixteen miles from Waterloo, 
though the fish are apt to be small. At 
Coon’s Pond, twelve miles, there is 
splendid treuting, the fish averaging 
about halfa pound. At Lake Oxford, 
twelve miles, they are taken weighing 
over three pounds; at Brome Lake, six 
miles, there is excellent bass fishing, and 
some heavy fish are taken, while in the 
lake at the village you may troll for pike 
with good success. Mr, E. B, Hodge, 
or any member of the “ Fishing Club,” 
will afford all the information to sports- 
men that lies in their power, Irom 
Magog, a drive of about four miles takes 
you to the Lake Oxford above meution- 
ed, and there are several small lakes and 
streams in the vicinity affording good 
sport, and you may angle for lake trout, 
or lunge as they are called, in Lake 
Memphremagog if you have the requisite 
amount of patience. From Sherbrooke, 
a drive of about fourteen miles takes you 
to the Brompton series of lakes, where 
are to be found trout, lake trout, and 
bass, but as boats are difficult to procure 
on these lakes, the tourist had better 
make previous arrangements, ‘T’en miles 
brings you to. Lake Massawippi, where 
