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THE SPORTSMAN’S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
and fishing. Elk Lake (one of a chain of 
four considerable bodies of water,) is 
tributary to the Flambeau River; boats 
and fishing paraphernalia are readily ob- 
tained, and a day spent on any one of 
the countless lakes in the vicinity, which 
have hitherto been fished only by In- 
dians, will fully satisfy the most ardent 
sportsman. As the boat glides along, 
a few steps from the porch of either one 
to the docks, where lie moored the boats 
ready for sail orrow. ‘These hotels can 
accommodate about one hundred and 
fifty guests. 
Butternut Lake, is two hundred and 
ninety-seven miles from Milwaukee. ‘To 
those who enjoy camp life and canoeing, 
the numerous streams and lakes of the 
SCENERY NORTH OF PENOKEE. 
the angler taking here a fine bass or 
perch, and there a pike or pickerel, there 
will pass before him a constant changing 
panorama—some new scene of beauty 
will be brought to view as the boat turns 
a point or passes an island, The sur- 
rounding forests abound in deer and other 
game. There are two hotels at Phillips, 
situated directly on the banks, and com- 
manding a full view of the lake; it is but 
Flambeau and Chippewa, close at hand, 
will furnish unlimited sport to anglers 
for bass, pike, pickerel, and perch. There 
are almost countless Jakes never fished 
but by Indians. Extra heavy tackle 
must be used, as the muscalonge are ex- 
ceedingly gamey. They frequently weigh 
as much as forty pounds. The descrip- 
tion of the lakes at Phillips might well 
answer for those in this vicinity—they, 
