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a lordly mansion in its very cevtre. Deer, pan- 
ther, bear, wildcats, turkeys, and in fact, game 
of all kinds right at the door of this palatial 
establishment, with all the comforts of a city 
within. The Blackwater is full of the beauti- 
ful speckled trout, and Kitsmiller guarantees 
them by the thousands. The fall of Black- 
water is always a good guide, and parties can 
locate themselves by the fall, for it can be 
heard for several miles—having a perpendicu- 
lar fall of eighty-five feet. 
PORTER'S LAKE AND SUR- 
ROUNDINGS. 
The quickest and best way to reach Porter’s 
Lake from Philadelphia is to take the cars from 
the Kensington Depot and go to Stroudsburg. 
An excursion ticket to that place will cost 
$4.85. A party can get a wagon at Strouds- 
burg from W. K. Henry, who keeps a livery 
stable, and will take them to the lake for $6. 
It will take about six hours’ ride to get there, 
or, if they write to the proprietor of the hotel, 
Adam Rinehart, he will send his teem to meet 
them. 
As regards the fish in the lake, the angler 
will find pickerel, catfish, and perch. The 
black bass were only put in the lake in Au- 
gust, 1874, by Howard J. Reeder, one of the 
Fish Commissioners of Pennsylvania. Anglers 
will find plenty of trout streams in the neigh- 
borhood, particularly the Bushkill Creek, made 
famous by the late Thad. Norris’s frequent re- 
ference to it in his ‘‘ Angling in American Wa- 
ters.”” They will also find good trout fishing 
in the Sawkill Creek, Middle Branch, and In- 
dian Calvin Branch (branches of the Buslikill), 
which streams are all within a short distance 
of Porter’s Lake, and it will afford good sport 
fishing these streams for those who know how. 
It is doubtful if a satisfactory place to camp 
on the borders of the lake can be found; can 
get good board at the hotel for $7 per week, 
which will entitle them to the use of the boats, 
whereas should they camp out and have no 
boats, it is very doubtful if they can catch any 
large fish, for they are only to be caught at 
certain places in the lake, which can only be 
fished from a boat. It is best that visitors 
make their headquarters at the hotel, where 
they will find nice clean beds and good square 
meals, and they will also find Ad. a good fel- 
low, who does all he can to make his guests 
THE SPORTSMAN’S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
comfortable. If they have made up their 
minds to camp out, they are advised to go to 
what is called the “ High Kuob,”’ which is 
about nine miles from Porter’s Lake. You 
take the same cars and get off at Oakland, and 
procure a team to take you to the ‘‘ Knob,” 
The black bass fishing at the “* Knob” cau be 
recommended. A party caught eighty-seven 
large ones in a day, some of which weighed 
four pounds, and another party came out with 
one hundred and thirty-three, having caught 
them from Monday noon to Tuesday noon. 
Any person iu search of black bass fishing is 
advised to try the “High Knob,” but take a 
Among the numerous resorts of sportsmen 
in the State of New York there are few more 
easily accessible, or which afford better sport 
than the Salmou River, above what is known 
as the ‘State Dam.” Here, within thirteen 
miles of Malone, is a stream which, notwith- 
standing its frequent visitors, affords an inex- 
haustible quantity of trout. The pond raised 
by the dam varies greatly in size. Generally 
itis only about a quarter of a mile in length, 
and above that the river winds a tortuous 
course for several miles among grassy flats, 
and for a still further distance & still more de- 
vious way, if possible, among a thick margin 
of alders. With the probable view of making 
the greatest possible display, it takes more 
turns and twists to the square mile than al- 
most any known stream, ten minutes’ rowing 
frequently bringing you back within fifty feet 
of where you started from. The water is swift 
and ice cold, and Nature, by way of compen- 
sation for the knots she has tied in the course, 
has located a trout hole in the curve of each 
vend, which is well populated by the *‘ speck- 
led beauties” so dear to the heart of all sports- 
men. When the water is up, as it is general- 
ly during the first part of August, a boat cao 
go all over the meadows, the trout running 
farther up, the distance to the fishing grounds 
being thereby reduced about seventy-five per 
cent. Several lakes and ponds empty in this 
river, which furnish homes for the trout in the 
Winter, and its upper waters seem to be all 
spawning beds, which accounts for the abun- 
dance of the trout. Nearly all those fishing 
will average sixty to seventy trout a day, the 
