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WHERE THE 8P0RTS:\IAX LOVES TO LINGER. 



xVn attractive citv is Banuor, the town at the head of 

 navi^iiation on the Penobscot. To the north of it lies the 

 great Avooded wihlerness. llerc^ A\e were to hiy aside the 

 dress appropriate ahnig Fifth Avenne and don the wood- 

 man's attire, bny our stock of provisions;, select onr canoes, 



Portland Harbor. 



purchase onr wearing apparel, meet one of our guides, and, 

 last but not least, greet the friend who was to accom- 

 pany ns on the trip — Dr. Hazel ton. While we were at 

 breakfast at tlie Bangor House we received the Doctor's 

 card. With him Avas a noble si)ecimen of the red man, an 

 Old Town Indian, young, tall, athletic and unusually intel- 

 ligent. To liim was left all the arrangements for the trip, 

 the hiring of an additional guide and the selection of the 



