90 WAKE-ROBIN 
abutted by two or three bold promontories with 
mottled white and gray rocks. Its greatest extent 
in any one direction is perhaps less than a mile. Its 
waters are perfectly clear and abound in lake trout. 
A considerable stream flows into it which comes 
down from Indian Pass. 
A mile south of the village is Lake Sandford. 
This is a more open and exposed sheet of water and 
much larger. From some parts of it Mount Marcy 
and the gorge of the Indian Pass are seen to excel- 
lent advantage. The Indian Pass shows as a huge 
cleft in the mountain, the gray walls rising on one 
side perpendicularly for many hundred feet. This 
lake abounds in white and yellow perch and in 
pickerel; of the latter single specimens are often 
caught which weigh fifteen pounds. There were a 
few wild ducks on both lakes. A brood of the 
goosander or red merganser, the young not yet able. 
to fly, were the occasion of some spirited rowing. 
But with two pairs of oars in a trim light skiff, it 
was impossible to come up with them. Yet we 
could not resist the temptation to give them a chase 
every day when we first came on the lake. It 
needed a good long pull to sober us down so we 
could fish. 
The land on the east side of the lake had been 
burnt over, and was now mostly grown up with 
wild cherry and red raspberry bushes. Ruffed 
grouse were found here in great numbers. The 
Canada grouse was also common. I shot eight of 
the latter in less than an hour on one occasion; the 
