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The second in the Androscoggin series is Mooselookmeguntic, which 

 has for its northern arm another lake named the Cupsuptic. The shores 

 of both, which are covered with a dense forest growth, rise rapidly as they 

 recede, and in many places soon attain the altitude of high hills and 

 mountains, presenting to the tourist many beautiful stretches of scenery as 

 he glides along in one of the swift little steamers that ply upon the lake. 

 These forests also are tenanted by large game, and are a favorite resort for 

 hunters. A great many very large trout and landlocked salmon are taken 

 in these lakes, some of the favorite fly-fishing places being at " Stony 

 Batter," and the reefs about half a mile from it, "Brandy Point," and the 

 coves around "Student Island," and at Bemis. 



In addition to the public houses, there are many private camps and 

 cottages on the shores of this lake, among which are those of Senator 

 Frye, of Maine, E. B. Haskell, of the Boston Herald, and Col. H. T. 

 Rockwell, of Boston. Senator Frye is an enthusiastic fisherman, and is on 

 record as having landed near his camp the largest trout ever taken with a 

 fly, its weight having been over ten pounds. Mr. Harry Dutton, of the 

 firm of Houghton & Dutton, owns a fine camp on Cupsuptic lake, where 

 he spends a number of weeks in the summer. 



One of the most attractive camps, or fishing lodges, in this section is the 

 Lake Point cottage, owned by Messrs. R. A. Tuttle and C. F. Hutchins, of 

 Boston, Peter Reid and Moses E. Worthen, of Passaic, N. J., and Wm. 

 P. Aldrich and George Clinton Batcheller, of New York. Its location is a 

 delightful one, on a birch-covered point, near the outlet of Rangeley lake, 

 and it is a familiar landmark to the frequenters of that region. 



At the foot of Lake Mooselookmeguntic is located the famous Upper 

 dam. At this place a handsome camp has been erected, large enough to 

 accommodate nearly one hundred guests, and it is a favorite abiding-place 

 with anglers from all parts of the country. Below the dam in the river are 

 some of the finest and most celebrated pools in the State, and the number 

 of large trout that have been taken from them is beyond computation. 



The writer has had many successful days on these pools; his best 

 catch was made with a six-ounce rod, with which he took in four hours a 

 trout weighing seven and one-fourth pounds, another of five and one-half 

 pounds, one of three pounds, and two that weighed over two pounds each. 

 But that catch has been exceeded in a number of instances. On one occa- 

 sion, Mr. T. B. Stewart, of New York, took in one day one trout weighing 

 four pounds, two weighing five pounds each, one of seven pounds, and one 

 of eight pounds, and on another day hooked and saved on the same cast, 

 and with a six-ounce rod, two trout that weighed eight pounds and eight 

 and one-half pounds, respectively. 



Of course such good fortune does not come to every angler, but there 

 are large trout and landlocked salmon still left in goodly numbers at the 



