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ime for catching the salmon is from the last of May to the first of July. The closa 

 .ime commences here the 15th of September, so there is no fishing in the fall. The 

 Salmon do not commeoce running till the last of September. 



Sherman Mills. Trout, togue, ruffed grouse ; ducks, moose, caribou, bears. 

 A good guide can be obtained at a fair price. Write for information to Ed. A. 

 oushman. 



Cumberland County — 



Sebago Lake^ fourteen miles long by eleven miles wide, contains fine salmon 

 trout of a peculiar variety. They are very large, averaging double the size they 

 do in the eastern part of the State. They vary from six to seventeen pounds, and 

 are of a bright silver color, with very few large black spots on the sides near the 

 back, so nearly resembling the grilse that the difference can hardly be perceived. 

 They begin to run up the streams the first of September and continue to do so 

 till they spawn, which is in October. They also run up in May, about the fif- 

 teenth, and stay up about two or three weeks. Sebago Lake is situated fifteen 

 miles from Portland. The Ogdensburg Railroad runs past it. 



Portland. The game includes the grey coot, with other varieties. Mack duck, 

 teal, loon, red diver, sheldrake, old squaw, grebe, yellow legs, snipe, woodcock, 

 ruffed grouse, squirrels ; trout. 



FranJclin and Oxford Counties — 



The Rang-eley Lakes. This chain of lakes consists of Rangeley, cfr Oquossoc, 

 nine miles long, Cupsuptic, seven miles, Mooselucmaguntic, or Great Lake, four- 

 teen miles, Molechunkamunk, or Upper Richardson, twelve miles, Welokenne- 

 bacook or Lower Richardson, and Umbagog, twelve miles. The last lies partly 

 in Coos County, New Hampshire. All these lakes are connected by thorough- 

 fares ; the distance between them is from one to six miles. The surrounding 

 country with the exception of the northern shore of Rangeley and the southern 

 shore of Umbagog, is an unbroken wilderness. The lakes are far famed for their 

 rare fishing ; the trout taken from them are among the largest found in the coun- 

 try. The game of the region comprises moose, deer, caribou, black ducks, shel- 

 drakes, pigeons, partridges. 



Lake Umbagog. The hotels at Upton are the Lake House, H. R. Godwin, and 

 Umbagog House, W. J. Abbott. Terms at each $2 per day, $7 to $10 per week. 

 Good fishing is found near the hotels. 



Lower Richardson Lake. The Middle Dam Camp, or Angler's Retreat, H. 

 R. Godwin, $2 per day. The best points for fishing are ; the Dam, the Pond in 

 the river, Smooth Ledge, the Hop Yard, and other places to which guides can 

 direct, 



Andover. The Andover House, A. W. Thomas, $2 per day, §7 to $10 per 

 week. In the vicinity of Andover are several good trouting streams, to which 

 Mr. Thomas will direct the angler. The best known are Black Brook, Sawyer's 

 Brook, Old Maid Brook, Frye's Brook and Burrough's Brook, all of which are 

 within convenient distance from the hotel. The fisn in these streams average 

 from one-fourth to two pounds in weight. 



At the approach to Upper Richardson Lake, from below, off Metalic Pointy is 

 fine fishing. Three miles from here is Metalic Po?td^ where ducks of several 

 kinds, deer, caribou, and an occasional moose are seen. Metalic Brook, which 

 flows into the pond, affords fine trout fishing. 



Upper Richardson Lake. The Upper Dam Camp, H. R. Godwin, $2 per day. 

 At the piers and apron of the dam, the mouth of the river, and Trout Cove, good 

 fishing will be found. A sail of three miles, and a walk of three miles, brings the 

 angler to Richardson Pond, whose shores are heavily wooded and frequented by 

 ieer, caribou and other game. 



Phillips. The Barden House, Samuel Fanner, and the Elmwood House, 

 E. D. Prescott. Terms of each $2 per day, $7 to $10 per week. There is excel- 

 ent brook trouting in the vicinity, to which the anglers will be directed from the 

 hotels. The Sandy River Ponds, and other waters on the road between PliillipF 

 and Greenvale, contain fine trout. 



Rangeley Lake. The hotels are at Greenvale, the head of the lake, the Kim- 

 bal Hotel, H. T. Kimball, and at the outlet, the Mountain View House, H. T. 

 Kimball. Terms of each $2 per day, $7 to $10 per week. At Rangeley is the 

 Rangeley Lake House. Rangeley affords the finest fishing of the chain ; the favor- 

 .te paints being near Kimball's, at the head of the lake, and at the South Bog, the 

 dam and the out.et. From Greenvale, Keunebago Lake is eleven miles distant. 



