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sun must now be near dipping the horizon, when you have 
reached thus far, so that you had better hurry forward and 
gain the hospitable roof-tree of Mr. Simeon Frost, the hotel 
proprietor, ere night envelops the earth with her sombre 
mantle of darkness. 
Being met on the porch by the honest, straightforward 
Simeon, you may safely resign yourself to his care, which 
would be dangerous in this docale in many other hands, as 
some of the hosts are peculiar in their belief, and strongly 
adhere to a sinister interpretation of the words, “I was a 
stranger and ye took me in.” But once marshaled under 
the banner of Mr. Frost, you will be safe from their phi- 
lanthropic designs ; and further, you will be well fed and 
housed. If you be an epicure, fail not to ask for a bonne 
bouche —which we relished among these pine-clad hills— 
viz., trout stewed in cream. The white-bait of the London- 
er, the canvas-back duck of Delmonico’s, and the green 
turtle-steak of the city fathers, are all thrown in the shade 
by this delicious dish. You have but to scent it in future 
to make your mouth water, and visions of epicurean feasts 
float before your eyes. Now, if you will only place your- 
self in my hands—and well I know the smooth waters and 
rocky shoals, the pleasures and disappointments that beset 
the stranger in this beautiful but inhospitable region—I 
will keep your feet free from pitfalls, and your purse safe 
from too frequent incursions. Having eaten your evening 
meal and retired to your room, send for your host, and 
learn from him all particulars necessary to guide your fu- 
ture steps. Wherever you go you. will catch fish; some- 
times the fishing at Errol* is 80 good as to well deserve a 
vist ere you go up to the dam where the Androscoggin 
River leaves Lower Richardson Lake. Supposing the sea- 
* A village a few miles distant from Upton. 
