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very heart of the wilderness, and in order to reach them the sportsman 

 must have pluck and a willingness to endure rough work, and possibly 

 some hardship, but they are well worth visiting. 



The next station above Grindstone is Staceyville, at which place tourists 

 take teams for Mount Katahdin. The trail is fairly good, and buckboards 

 are used for the journey. Above Staceyville, on the line, is the station of 

 Island Falls, from which Lake Mattawamkeag is reached, the distance 

 being but a few miles. It is quite celebrated among anglers, its waters 

 affording good fishing for lake trout and very large perch, and the streams 

 which empty into it are well stocked with good-sized spotted trout. The 

 surrounding country is also noted for an abundance of deer and partridges. 



At Patten junction, farther up the line, the tourist leaves the road for 

 Patten, whence teams are taken for the great chain of lakes on the Seboois 

 river. Seboois Grand lake is also reached from this point. Ten miles from 

 Patten are the beautiful Shinn ponds, which abound with trout, and in their 

 neighborhood are found deer in great numbers. There are good camps on 

 these ponds, and at the celebrated Trout brook farm. On Seboois Grand 

 lake, Jock Darling, the famous Nicatous guide, has a number of comfort- 

 able camps, and he has also built others at Snow Shoe lake and White 

 Horse lake. Splendid fishing is found in this locality, and large game is so 

 abundant that a party of four succeeded in shooting, in a short time and 

 under most unfavorable hunting conditions, — the ground being covered 

 with crusted snow and a rain falling, — three caribou, three deer and a 

 moose, the latter falling before the rifle of J. B. Burnham, of Forest and 

 Stream. 



At Ashland junction the road divides, a branch running to the little 

 town of Ashland, and the main line running to Houlton and thence north 

 to Caribou and Aroostook. The region through which the branch passes 

 for three fourths of its length from the junction offers no great attractions 

 to the angler, there being but two or three small lakes and a few streams 

 worth fishing. It is, however, a famous deer country; moose and caribou 

 are often met with, and partridges are very abundant. 



At Masardis the train is left for the famous fishing resorts of the 

 upper waters of the Aroostook river, and the almost innumerable lakes 

 which are scattered through that region. From Masardis to Oxbow the 

 journey is made by team over a fairly good road, and from that point a 

 canoe is taken for the inner lakes. 



Here one may enjoy the delights of the rod to his heart's content. 

 The Millnocket lake and the Mansungun series of lakes are great favorites ; 

 at all of them good camps have been erected for the accommodation of 

 sportsmen, and there are also camps on other lakes in the vicinity. If the 

 angler wishes to penetrate the wilderness still further, he can reach with 

 canoe and by portages over " tote " roads the famous Allagash waters and 



