HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE RESORTS. 
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rivers and rivulets, and the larger va- 
rieties of game fish in the innumerable 
and lovely lakes. Deer are frequently 
seen browsing on the herbage or bound- 
ing through the woods; rabbits scamper 
along the roads ; pheasants and ruffed 
grouse awaken the echoes with their 
drumming; silent woodcock and rushing 
partridge whirr away from approaching 
humanity to seek more secluded re- 
| affords much relief to the wearied sys- 
tem. 
‘The healthfulness of this country is 
attested by thousands who have tried the 
wonderfal purity of the atmosphere and 
partaken of its clear, ice-cold spring 
‘water. The climate is especially noted 
as a sanitarium for hay-fever and bron- 
chial affections, and great numbers an- 
nually visit this region to escape from, 
CAMPING OUT. 
treats ; and the wary duck dips deep in 
the translucent waters and hies away; 
while frequent specimens of the genus 
ursa are to be met with in the deeper 
recesses of the woods by those desiring 
to test their skill and courage. The 
cool, bracing atmosphere, free from all 
impurities, is especially adapted to the 
requirements of the invalid, and a short 
sojourn invariably proves beneficial and 
and get relief for, these maladies. No 
healthier section can be found in North 
America; there is no stagnant water, 
and fever and ague and kindred diseases 
are scarcely known. 
For the purpose of convincing those 
who, having been so long wedded to the 
view that there was but one good fishing 
ground inthe country, and that to be 
found far toward the eastern slope, the 
