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when one of large size and strength is hooked. It has been stated that 

 the spotted trout are not as large as those monsters which are taken in the 

 Rangeley lakes; this may be accounted for, perhaps, by the less abundance 

 of food that is available to them. In the Rangeleys there are incredible 

 numbers of minnows, dace and shiners, upon which the trout feed, and 

 these are far less abundant in most of the waters of the Dead river region. 

 That the attainment of rapid growth and great size of these as well as 

 other fish depend upon the quantity of food that they obtain, has been 

 shown in numerous instances. A recent example in the experience of Mr. 

 A. N. Cheney, the well-known fish culturist of New York, is very interesting. 

 By some accident a yearling brown trout found its way into a pond in 

 which there were a large number of trout fry ; nine months later the 

 brown trout was captured, and was found to weigh five and one-half 

 pounds, while ordinarily it would have weighed not over a pound ; it had 

 waxed and grown fat on the unlimited feast that was always before it. 



MOOSE^EAD Lifll^E REGION. 



That great inland sea, forty miles in length and from two to eighteen 

 in breadth, called Moosehead lake, has long been a favorite place of resort 

 with American sportsmen. Its praises have been sung so many times and 

 its great attractions have become so widely known that there remains but 

 little to be said in relation to them. 



It is reached both by a branch of the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, 

 from Bangor, and the new Maine Central " cut-off " via Newport, Dexter 

 and Dover, the terminus of both lines being Greenville, at the foot of the 

 lake, where junction is also made with the Canadian Pacific road. 



Before reaching Moosehead, however, there are several most desirable 

 points for sportsmen to visit, although they are usually passed by. Among 

 these are the famous Sebec lake and Sebec pond, in which large togue, or 

 lake trout, are taken, together with spotted trout, which are very abundant 

 in the streams which empty into them. These waters are very accessible 

 from the town of Milo, near Milo junction, and will repay the angler for a 

 visit. Milo is also a point of departure by stage for the great Schoodic 

 lake, eight miles distant ; this is not one of the chain of lakes that is 

 approached by way of Eastport and Calais, but belongs to a different 

 system, although the names are identical. 



The Schoodic lake now referred to, is a beautiful body of water located 

 in the midst of the wilderness, and the scenery surrounding it is picturesque 

 in the extreme. It is not as much frequented by sportsmen as many other 

 localities, but it is one of the most prolific in fish and game. Huge lake 



