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of disconsolates I ever saw. Some of them had 

 been there before, in proper season, and had done 

 splendidly ; and they had brought their friends 

 with them now, anticipating equal success. I 

 explained to them their mistake, recounted to them 

 my own experience of a fortnight before, and, out 

 of sheer sympathy, escorted them two miles to a 

 favorite and secluded pond, where the trout are 

 equally plenty at all seasons, and where they were 

 made happy by abundant sport. Not one of these 

 gentlemen ever afterward " fooled away his time " 

 by fishing on the "rife" when the trout had 

 changed their quarters to the spring holes. 



The somewhat monotonous outlet between the 

 lower and middle Saranac opens into Round Lake, 

 from the upper part of which, one of the grandest 

 mountain views reveals itself to be had in all the 

 woods. I have counted thirty well-defined peaks, 

 the whole combined by a series of gracefully un- 

 dulating curves which delight the eye of every 

 appreciative lover of nature. My friend Palmer, 

 the sculptor, carries this view in his memory to- 

 day, and it will not be obliterated by any thing he 

 may see in his present rambles among the grander, 

 but no more beautiful mountain views of Switzer- 

 land. 



Bartlett's somewhat famous hostelry stands at 

 the head of this lake and is the summer resort of 



