ROOK TROUT 



Lower Saranac; for Paul Smith's, they continue 

 through the Upper Saranac to Big Clear Pond, with a 

 forty-rod "carry"; thence carry a mile and a half to 

 the Upper Saint Regis Lake, and thence through Spit- 

 fire Pond to head-quarters on the Lower Saint Regis. 



There are several routes that diverge from the main 

 route at various points, those most in favor being from 

 Raquette Lake fourteen miles to Blue Mountain Lake, 

 the most beautiful of all the Adirondack waters ; from 

 Big Tupper Lake, with a three-mile-carry from Grave's 

 Lodge, to Horseshoe Pond, Hitchins' Pond, and a 

 labyrinth of lakes and ponds of greater or less extent ; 

 and from the Upper Saranac through Fish River to 

 Big Square Pond ; thence, with a half-mile carry, 

 through a series of small lakes to Big and Little Wolf 

 Ponds, Raquette Pond, and Big Tupper; and thence 

 return by Raquette River to Upper Saranac. The two 

 last-named regions are equal for game and fish to any 

 in the country, and the Hitchins' Pond district is per- 

 haps the best. 



Boats from Paul Smith's can traverse 160 miles of 

 lake and stream. 



Paul Smith's has been very appropriately styled the 

 " St. James of the Wilderness." It has all the " modern 

 improvements " except gas. A telegraph-wire connects 

 it with the outer world. It has commodious lodgings 

 for nearly 100 guests, and in the height of the season 

 will accommodate many more than it will hold. Sofas 

 and tables are occupied, tents are pitched upon the 

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