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Upper Megalloway River, Maine
1898.
September 22
(No 2)                          
  The distance from the head of Azischohos Falls to
Parmachenee Cove is said to be 28 miles. For the
first six or eight miles above the Falls there are
many long, straight  reaches of dead water and the
banks, as well as more or less wide belts of low, flat
land back from the river, are covered with dead
trees. A little above the shallows the stubs disappear,
the river becomes narrow and winding and mixed
woods crowd closely down on either side to the
water[']s edge. Still further up we enter the "meadows"
which extend for twelve miles or more with occasional
breaks caused by the jutting out of ridges from the
mountains on one or the other side of the river valley.
These meadows are park-like in character &
extremely beautiful and the river winds through them
in endless curves and loops constantly changing back
on its course. Along its banks grow elms, black ashes
and white maples where branches stick out over
the gleaming water; further back, as far as the
eye can reach, are level stretches of low but at this
season perfectly hard and dry ground covered with
rank wild grasses and thickly sprinkled with
firm old elms scattered about singly or in small
groups. At the head of the meadows one enters the
"green woods", largely composed of evergeen thus growing
on high, steeply sloping banks between which the
river races over a rocky or pebbly bottom or takes
sudden turns around big boulders or overcropping
ledges with here and there a bar or break of
bright yellow sand. The distance from the
beginning of the "green woods" to the Carry is about 4 miles