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sun must now be near dipping the horizon, when you have 

 reached thus far, so that you had better hurry forward and 

 gain the hospitable roof-tree of Mr. Simeon Frost, the hotel 

 proprietor, ere night envelops the earth with. her sombre 

 mantle of darkness. 



Being met on the porch by the honest, straightforward 

 Simeon, you may safely resign yourself to his care, which 

 would be dangerous in this locale in many other hands, as 

 some of the hosts are peculiar in their belief, and strongly 

 adhere to a sinister interpretation of the words, " I was a 

 stranger and ye took me in." But once marshaled under 

 the banner of Mr. Frost, you will be safe from their phi- 

 lanthropic designs ; and further, you will be well fed and 

 housed. If you be an epicure, fail not to ask for a bonne 

 bouehe which we relished among these pine-clad hills 

 viz., trout stewed in cream. The white-bait of the London- 

 er, the canvas-back duck of Delmonico's, and the green 

 turtle-steak of the city fathers, are all thrown in the shade 

 by this delicious dish. You have but to scent it in future 

 to make your mouth water, and visions of epicurean feasts 

 float before your eyes. Now, if you will only place your- 

 self in my hand* and well I know the smooth waters and 

 rocky shoals, the pleasures and disappointments that beset 

 the stranger in this beautiful but inhospitable region I 

 will keep your feet free from pitfalls, and your purse safe 

 from too frequent incursions. Having eaten your evening 

 meal and retired to your room, send for your host, and 

 learn from him all particulars necessary to guide your fu- 

 ture steps. Wherever you go you will catch fish; some- 

 times the fishing at Errol* is so good as to well deserve a 

 visit ere you go up to the dam where the Androscoggin 

 River leaves Lower Richardson Lake. Supposing the sea- 



* A village a few miles distant from Upton. 



