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much in common with the other places 
in this delightful region—such as its 
pure air, clear waters, and an ample 
supply of the choicest white-fish and 
lake trout, to say naught of 
the cther fine fish, such as i 
bass, perch, grayling, and ' 
speckled trout, found in the | 
neighborhood, upon which | 
the guest is regaled. Some | 
of its distinguishing features }ii 
may be specified: Its situa- jill 
tion, between Lake Michi- | 
gan on the north and west, | 
and Pine Lake, eighteen 
miles long, on the east, |ifl 
makes it pre-eminently aff 
choice place for a Summer hi 
residence. With scarcely | 
sheets of water. There is| 
no wet or marshy ground in jij 
or near the resort. The fil 
land rises by two natural | 
terraces, each about fifteen 
or twenty feet high, with a} 
wide expanse between them, 
thus greatly increasing the 
beauty of the location. The 
facilities for bathing are su- 
perior, as the waters of Pine 
Lake in the Summer are 
not too cool tomake a bath 
uncomfortable, the smooth 
beach sloj ing so gently to- 
ward deep water that the 
youngest children can bathe with per- 
fect safety. Small boats can be kept at 
the pier or along the shore, so com- 
pletely sheltered through all the Summer 
from the winds and the waves, that | 
they need not be drawn’ out of the wa- 
ter; while by sailing or rowing three- 
quarters of a mile through Round Lake 
and Pine River, one may pass directly 
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into Lake Michigan. This is only one 
of several advantages possessed by a 
place which is situated upon an inland 
lake, while it is at the same time within 
easy reach of one of the great lakes 
