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trout that weighed 36}4 pounds in the aggregate, but that has been 

 excelled. 



One mile below the middle dam is a handsome sheet of water named 

 the " Pond in the Woods," in which good fly-fishing may be obtained both 

 in the spring and autumn, but trout fishing practically ceases at this point, 

 there being but very few fish now taken in the five-mile rapids which con- 

 nect the upper lakes with Umbagog, the last in the Rangeley system. 



This lake, which was formerly famous for its abundance of trout, now 

 contains but very few, the pickerel which were in some way introduced 

 thirty or forty years ago, having exterminated them. On Umbagog, the 

 autumn duck shooting is exceptionally good, and the shores which sur- 

 round it are famous hunting-grounds for partridge and woodcock. 



Tributary to the Androscoggin river, which flows from this lake, is 

 the Magalloway river, which takes its rise in the beautiful Lake Parma- 

 chene, that gem of the wilderness, which lies far to the north. In this 

 river there are many places above Aziscohos falls where good trout fishing 

 may be obtained, and Parmachene is famous for its supply of good-sized 

 silvery trout ; but as there is now no public house on the lake, the angler 

 or sportsman who visits it must be prepared to "camp out " and depend 

 upon his own supplies for subsistence. This lake may now be reached 

 very easily by a portage road of a few miles in length from Cupsuptic lake. 

 The country surrounding it is an unbroken wilderness in which deer 

 abound. 



As before stated, the Rangeley lake country may be reached by a 

 variety of routes, and tickets may be obtained at the principal railroad or 

 steamboat offices for any desired point, and if the tourist wishes, he may 

 obtain tickets which will permit him to go by one route, traverse the entire 

 chain, and return by another line. It is an ideal country, not only for 

 those who hunt and fish, but for those also who are in search of health or 

 who have a love for beautiful scenery. 



The vast forests of spruce, hemlocks and pines give to the air a 

 delightful aroma and purity, in which invalids quickly recuperate, and the 

 scenic views are in every direction beautiful in the extreme. The magnifi- 

 cent panorama which may be witnessed from Bald mountain on the upper 

 lake, that from " B hill " in Upton, and the view which may be had from 

 the summit of Mt. Aziscohos on the Magalloway river, cannot be surpassed 

 in the eastern portion of the continent, and they are alone well worth a 

 visit to the region of the Rangeleys. 



