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\viii:iii: TriK sportsman loves to linger. 



DuriDu- our stay on (Miiircliill we visited the cam]) of 

 Senator (}ui\y on Spidei- Lak(\ A ilioroii-iifare from 

 Cliureliill leads to Spider. The cam]) was dosed. What 

 a contrast between tliat l)eaiitiful lake, siinated in one of 

 the most atlracti^'e s]>ots for a sportsman in Maine, and 

 the (\ipit(d at Wasliinoton! As we sat on the Senator's 

 I>iazza, hi-ercthin^ in the (h'licions fra-i'aiice of the trees 

 that sni-ronnded it and loekinu over the clcai- and h>vely 

 lake, we conld not help Init think ^^•hal fools men are when 

 they ha\-e accnmnlated suflicient woi-hlly i;(»ods to sacri- 

 fice th(Mr healtli for moi-e. To i-etaiii tl-c power I lie Sen- 

 ator had in the Slate of rennsylvania, and to kee]) in 

 tcnnli with his h(Michmen, the days of midsnmmer fonnd 

 him in the hot city, instead of enjoymi: that co(d an<l 

 liealthy spot. It does seem that, like women for social 

 standing:, men will foi- wealth and i»ower saci'itice ev(M-y- 

 tliinii'. If tlie Seiiaioi' had sjient more time on S])idei- Lake 

 and less in A\'as]iim:ton he wonld haxc liNcd lon^ci- to en- 

 joy what it had been his o()o(i fortnne to accumulates hut, 

 like the AVall Street ]nani])ulator, the tlckei- was his life. 



The dread of Chase's Cariw hei^an to keei» us awake, 

 so we broke cam]) and started down the loni: lagoon that 

 leads to the commencement of the Alla^ash. 



If any one wants to .i:et his mind off his business, we will 

 iiuarantee, when he is uoinu" down the Alla.uasli fi-om 

 diurchill, no matter what his occujiation, he will be think- 

 ing" of nothiu'i- but rocks. We doubt if that eleven miles 

 has its equal for wildiu'ss in the State (►f Maine. Tow(M-ing 

 banks, with dense jun.uhs are on both si(b's; immense trees 

 lean over the stream as if to ^rab you. The current runs 

 like a mill race; lireat boulders are everywhere, alouj^side 

 of you, under you, and you are lueky if some do not get 

 on to]3 of you. The channel, if there is one, is narrow^ and 



