64 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



very symmetrical fish, and derivesits nameNfirom the croaking noi&e it makes 

 ^'hen caught. As a table fish, it may be said to be quite as popular as the sheeps- 

 head, and is in great demand. It is caught from boats, out a mile or so in the 

 lake, and with hand line, with soft shell crabs or mullets for bait. It goes in 

 schools and bites eagerly. 



Tensas l^arish — 



In this county are many canebiakes, which are filled with large game, such as 

 bear, deer, etc. Wild turkeys, quail, rabbits, squirrels, ducks, geese, and other 

 game are abundant throughout the county. Take Mississippi River steamer to 

 it. J oseph or Water Proof, which wUl be found good centres for sport. 



MAINE. 



Maine, the largest of the New England States, has an area of 

 31,766 square miles, with a population of 626,915. Upon the 

 coast are many bays and inlets, with numerous peninsulas and 

 many beautiful islands, making the whole coast line 2,500 miles. 

 The rivers of the State are numerous and several of them of large 

 size. The State is everywhere dotted with a great number of 

 lakes of all sizes, which with the rivers constitute one-tenth of the 

 whole area of the surface. An irregular continuation of the White 

 Mountains of New Hampshire extends along part of the western 

 side of Maine, thence crossing the State in a north-eastern direc- 

 tion, forms the scattered hills, which terminate in Mars Hill, on the 

 eastern boundary. There are other ranges of high lands, and the 

 surface is generally hilly and broken. Three-fourths of the whole 

 area are still covered by the primeval wilderness, in whose forests 

 lurk great quantities of the wilder varieties of game. Bears, deer, 

 moose, etc., are abundant, and foxes, beavers, otters, minks and 

 various other fur bearing animals furnish a support to numbers of 

 trappers. The lakes and rivers are noted throughout the country 

 for their fine fishing, and these waters are also excellent shooting 

 grounds for all kinds of wild fowl. The means of communication 

 are generally good in the settled portions of Maine, but in the wil- 

 derness guides are necessary; the favorite method pursued by 

 sportsmen is to strike into the wilderness, where guides are neces- 

 sary, and may always be secured. 



Aroostook County — 



The best of fishing is found in the chain of lakes above Grand Lake. The 

 number of lakes there is legion, and the fishing magnificent and easy of access. 

 Go to Bangor, thence via the E. and N. A. Railroad to Wina, then team to 

 Springfield, twenty miles (good road) to Duck Lake, canal across Duck Lake 

 to Junior Lake, across Pocumpus to Syssylladobsis. This route can be made 

 from Bangor in one day. There are some fifteen or twenty large lakes that 

 are accessible with a canoe, with short thoroughfares between and good fish- 

 ing in them all. But few fishermen go there, and a party could have it all to 

 themselves. Plenty of landlocked salmon. Also some brook trout (small, twc 

 pounds s large) and any number of togue, pickerel, and white perch. The bes 



