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party might have been seen wending its way 

 to the Eastern station, en route for the 

 hunting-grounds of Maine. After bidding our 

 friends good-by at C , we left for Ban- 

 gor. As we entered the car great was our 

 surprise to find nearly all the occupants of 

 the sleeper were friends and acquaintances, 

 bound, as we soon learned, on pleasure ex- 

 cursions, either for fishing or gunning. With- 

 out further incident, beyond the usual dis- 

 comforts of a sleeper and of heavy clothing, 

 we arrived in Bangor. 



The weather was not inspiring when we 

 left the car at five in the morning. It was 

 cold, dreary, and damp. We took a carriage 

 for the hotel, breakfasted, and left as soon 

 as possible, not forgetting to purchase on 

 the way a Bangor " umbrell," which ever 

 after proved a source of amusement to at 

 least two members of our party. At seven 

 A.M. we again started for the further East, 

 whither with mingled sunshine and rain, and 



