Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . as the i3ond can bereached in less than a quarter of an hours tramp from Arnold. A trail leads from Horseshoe, thenorthern shore, to the outlet of Crosby Pond, about a mile distant. From here the Dead River takes a southeasterly course across the Chain of Ponds township, theGore Stream branch being joined by the stream emptying Crosby Pond and the Hathau Bog at a pointabout two miles above Round Pond (the first of the Chain of Ponds proper). There is good fishing inthis stream, pa
Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . as the i3ond can bereached in less than a quarter of an hours tramp from Arnold. A trail leads from Horseshoe, thenorthern shore, to the outlet of Crosby Pond, about a mile distant. From here the Dead River takes a southeasterly course across the Chain of Ponds township, theGore Stream branch being joined by the stream emptying Crosby Pond and the Hathau Bog at a pointabout two miles above Round Pond (the first of the Chain of Ponds proper). There is good fishing inthis stream, particularly between Hathan Bog and the forks, as in places are to be found deep holes andflumes in the rocks well stocked with large trout, and few parties ever fish in them, as they are out of thegeneral route in this region. A short distance below the forks is a small stream comiug in from Otter Pond, a very pretty little pond with high rocky shores. It is reached the easiest from Horseshoe Pond, but upto the preseut time no trail has beeu cut through to it. It is said to contain a goodly supply of speckled. WINTER SCENE ON ARNOLD POND. (From a Photograph.) trout; but, as the writer has never cast a fly upon its waters, he is unable to give a practical account ofits qualities as a flsh pond. The Chain of Ponds Proper comprises, in order: Round, Long, Beaver, Bag, and Lower Ponds. Eouud Pond covers about iiftyacres of land, and affords good fishing. A boat can be run into Long Pond through the narrows, vphichare only a few rods long. Long Pond is the largest and prettiest of the chain, is about three miles long and of varying width. It contains both speckled and lake trout; and the fishing isvery good, particularly near the foot of thepond, where the Indian Stream empties numbers of fish are caught through theice in the winter season, in this pond. The scenery about the pond is very the east shore is a high rocky ledge onthe side of the mountain, nearly overh
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