342 With Rod and Gun in New England 



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wilderness which lies behind these towns, moose hunters meet with consider- 

 able success. Digby has, in late years, become a favorite watering-place, 

 and its charms are already well known in New England. 



At Annapolis, in the proper season, there is excellent snipe and shore- 

 bird shooting, and in the extensive stretches of meadows, many ducks of 

 different species are obtained. There is a small stream, tributary to the 

 Annapolis river at this place, in which the Indians obtain a considerable 

 number of salmon, and if a fly were cast upon the pools which lie in its 

 course, the lure would, undoubtedly, be accepted by an occasional fine fish. 

 There is also good trout fishing within easy driving distance from the town. 



At Annapolis, the stage which crosses the country to Liverpool is taken. 

 The scenery through which the road passes is in many places very pictu- 

 resque, and when the highest elevation of nearly twelve hundred feet is 

 attained, a magnificent view is to be had of the surrounding country. 



At Milford, where a stop is made for supper, good trout fishing may be 

 found in June and July, and partridge shooting in the autumn. 



At Maitland, a small village about thirty miles from Annapolis, there 

 is capital trout fishing, good partridge and woodcock shooting, and in the 

 barrens and wilderness a few miles from the town, moose are fairly abun- 

 dant. At this point one may take a canoe, and, passing down the river 

 and traversing the beautiful Fairy lakes and the great Lake Rosignol, may, 

 if he desire, make the entire journey by water to the town of Liverpool. 

 It is a trip well worth taking, and the angler will find good fishing all 

 along the route. 



The next village on the stage road, after passing through Maitland, is 

 Kempt, near which good partridge hunting may be obtained. The writer 

 has often seen in the by-roads about this village and around Maitland, 

 covies of eight or ten of these birds in stubble fields or pastures away from 

 the woods, where they were running around like so many domestic fowls, and 

 they were sometimes so tame that they would not flush, even if approached 

 to close quarters by the hunter. So unsuspicious are they, that it is not an 

 uncommon occurrence to see them perched on fence rails by the roadside, 

 from which they will not fly, even if a whip from a passing carriage is 

 snapped at them. 



The best trout fishing in this section is found in the rapids four or 

 five miles above Maitland, at the " Falls pool," near the village, and at 

 the " Eelweir " at the outlet of the " Fairy lakes," but there are many other 

 places near by in which the spotted beauties may be taken in satisfactory 

 numbers. 



There are good guides at all the villages that have been named, who 

 know the country thoroughly, and the sportsman may obtain their services 

 at a very moderate cost. 



Continuing on the Liverpool road, several neat and prosperous villages 



