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eight and nine pounds. I have entire confidence in the 

 evidence afforded me there some years ago, by lumber- 

 men whom I knew, that two brook trout have been- taken 

 near Indian Rock weighing eleven pounds each. Read- 

 ers of newspapers must bear in mind when they meet 

 with stories of large trout, that there are several varieties 

 of the family, and that the lake trout grows to an enor- 

 mous size in some waters. But it is safe to believe for 

 the present that no one has seen a brook trout, or speck- 

 led trout (with red and gold spots), the Salmo fontinalis of 

 the books, exceeding the weight of those taken in Maine, 

 in the head waters of the Androscoggin. This chain of 

 lakes, Rangely, Moosetocmaguntic, or Mcoseluckmagun- 

 tic, Wellokenebacook, Mollichunkamunk, Richardson (dif- 

 ferent names which have been given sometimes to the 

 same lake, and sometimes to parts of a lake), pours a 

 strong river into Umbagog, and from this flows the An- 

 droscoggin. The Magalloway River comes down from 

 the north and joins the Androscoggin two miles below 

 Umbagog. All the smaller lakes and streams which 

 flow into these waters abound in trout. The Maine wa- 

 ters have been visited of late by so many anglers, and so 

 much has been written about them, that they are well 

 known. Not so the Magalloway waters. But the time 

 is not far distant when all this country will be familiar to 

 lovers of the angle, and after them will come the lovers of 

 scenery, and the lonesome places will be peopled, at least 

 in the summer season. 



We made up a party at the Profile House to drive 

 through Northern New Hampshire. 



The Mountain Ranger is a coach of coaches. It has 

 four seats inside, together capable of holding twelve per- 

 sons, and two seats in front by the driver. Thus it will 



