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THE SPORTSMAN’S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
—knowing that the crystal streams of 
the north contain in endless numbers all 
species of the finny tribe known to the 
American pisciculturist ; and to the in- 
valid—recognizing the efficacy of clear, 
bracing air, and pure spring water, All 
this is claimed for the beautiful Penin- 
sula State, Michigan, divided and almost 
surrounded by the great lakes, cut up 
by innumerable lakelets 
and streams abounding 
with fish; with hils, 
valleys, and immense for- 
ests crowded with game, 
offering a tempting field - 
to theseeker after sport. 
A glance at a map of 
North America will sat- 
isfy the most sceptical 
that this State — not 
alone that the fact of 
being so nearly sur- 
rounded by water, there- 
from obtaining in great 
measure the consequent 
coolness of atmosphere 
so necessary to comfort 
during the heated term; 
but from being one of 
the most northerly 
States in the Union (41 
deg. 40 min. to 47 deg. 30 min. lati- 
tude), should be known everywhere as 
eminently fitted to become the future re- 
sort of millions seeking that relief from 
the discomforts of heat ; that relaxation 
from the turmoil of business cares ; and 
that ease and health for the overtasked 
and worn system, the sense of which the 
season called Summer brings forward so 
strongly to the reccgnition. 
Believing the popular verdict will be 
rendered emphatically in favor of the 
correctness of this assumption, you are 
asked to again glance at the map, and 
from Cincinnati on the Ohio River, trace 
an air line through Eastern Indiana and 
Michigan from base to apex—passing 
through Richmond, Fort Wayne, Kala- 
mazoo and Grand Rapids en route.. 
This line represents the Grand Rapids 
& Indiana Railroad, and the claims of — 
the region penetrated by the northern 
section of this railroad is here presented 
BEACH AT BAY VIEW. 
that you may give it your consideration, 
To the tourist, the wild and beautiful 
scenery will render a visit most agree- 
able, while to the sportsman unusual at- 
tractions are offered. Pleasant drives 
lead away through the almost unbroken 
forests, where the laurel spreads_ its 
wealth of blossoms in the Spring, where 
the delicate trailing arbutus makes the 
earth doubly glorious and fragrant, and 
resinous hemlocks and pines give forth 
their aroma and sigh their ceaseless mu- 
sic. The brook trout and grayling 
abound in endless numbers in the many 
