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SPARTA, 



a watering-place celebrated for its mineral well-waters, from 

 Artesian Wells northward, the angler for " speckled beau- 

 ties " finds abundant reward and a full pannier from the 

 pebbly brooks that are tributary to the bolder streams that 

 run from the more elevated northern regions. Southern 

 people have taken a great fancy to this healthy point, and 

 populate the hotels and enjoy the angling. From 



HUDSON CITY, 



in nearly all directions, are numerous trout-streams that are 

 literally alive with fish. Wilson's, Bolle's, and Sand Creeks 

 are favorite resorts, while the Kinnikinick and its branches, 

 extending twenty-five miles north, furnish trout from a quar- 

 ter of a pound to four pounds' weight. The branches of the 

 Eau Claire, Chippewa, St. Croix; and Black Eivers, teem 

 with equally large and fine game. Willow Giver, near Hud- 

 son, abounds in pickerel, basse, and muskellonge, as well as 

 many others to the north, even unto Lake Superior, where, it 

 is said, trout are found that will turn the scales at from five 

 to eight pounds. This comparatively unknown region un- 

 doubtedly equals the celebrated tract of Northern Maine and 

 the Adirondacks, in regard to its wildness and beauty, and 

 its quantity and quality of game, both for the rod and gun ; 

 and still farther west, in 



MINNESOTA, 



from about the forty-third parallel northward to St. Paul, 

 St. Anthony, and westward, the rivers and lakes abound in 

 multitudes of trout and others of the finny race. 



