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Crown Point, and take stage to your destination. 

 At a Mr. Helmer's (I think that is the name) you 

 wdll find all necessary accommodation. If you are 

 going into the wilderness, it is better to engage 

 your transportation from Keeseville in advance, in 

 order to prevent delay. To this end you can ad- 

 dress the proprietor of the Ausable House, Keese- 

 ville, or W. F. Martin, keeper of " Martin's," as it is 

 familiarly known to sportsmen at the Lower Sara- 

 nac. This is the direct route also to reach Paul 

 Smith's, at the St. Regis Lake. Another route, — 

 a new one just opened, which I have never tried, — 

 is via Plattsburgh, by which you can go by rail to 

 a point within thirty miles of " Martin's." Address 

 "W. F. Martin for particulars. 



HOTELS. 



This subject I shall dismiss with a brief allusion. 

 Paul Smith, or " Pol," as he is more commonly 

 known among the guides, is proprietor of the St. 

 Ptegis House. This is the St. James of the wilder- 

 ness. Here Saratoga trunks and Saratoga belles are 

 known. Here they have civilized "hops," and 

 that modern prolongation of the ancient war-whoop 

 modified and im.proved, called " operatic singing," 

 in the parlors. In spite of all this, it is a capital 

 house, with a good reputation, well deserved 



