. The Maine central. A journal of travel . heshore of Penobscot Bay at Rockland Herein regal state, he entertained his friends,who included such distinguished personagesas Tallyrand and Louis Phillippe. Howthey ever reached the eastern shore of Maineduring that period is a mystery, and howthey would have revelled in the through carservice now offered from Boston to Maine. Imagine Henry, Louis and the Princegoing down into Maine today. Knox wouldfind no vestige remaining of Montpelier,but the taverns would console him, I fancy. Club Life in a Game Preserve. THE LAST EXAMPLE IS A MAINE IMSTITUTI


. The Maine central. A journal of travel . heshore of Penobscot Bay at Rockland Herein regal state, he entertained his friends,who included such distinguished personagesas Tallyrand and Louis Phillippe. Howthey ever reached the eastern shore of Maineduring that period is a mystery, and howthey would have revelled in the through carservice now offered from Boston to Maine. Imagine Henry, Louis and the Princegoing down into Maine today. Knox wouldfind no vestige remaining of Montpelier,but the taverns would console him, I fancy. Club Life in a Game Preserve. THE LAST EXAMPLE IS A MAINE IMSTITUTION THE MEGANTIC CLUB AN IDEAL HUNTING GROUND, OWNED AND LEASED A COMMO-DIOUS CLUB HOUSE TWENTY-THREE PUBLIC AND FOURTEEN PRIVATE CAMPS PROTECTION AND PROPAGATION OF FISH AND GAME. Some ten years ago, an enthusiastic sportsmin, with a few of his friends, who beUevedthat an ideal hunting ground had been discovered, and that with proper care its attract-iveness could be preserved for many future years, decided to form a club with the purpose. AT BIG ISLAND POND. of acquiring control of this territory, giving fellow sportsmen an opportunity ot enjoyingits exceptional privileges, and by proper restrictions preserving the forests and naturalbeauties, and protecting and propagating the fish and game. As a result, the Megintic Fish and Game Corporation was organized, and on February15, 18S7, it was incorporated under the Maine laws, and March 26, 1S87, a charter wasobtaintd by it from the Province of Quebec. Since that time the history of the Club has been one of progress, acquisition andsuccess, and the fondest hopes of the founders have been more than realized. At the present time the Club has a membership of 300—the stated limit—and owns andleases a territory comprising 250 square miles, containing three lakes, twenty ponds, sixrivers, eight streams ami eight bogs. It has a large and commodious club house, twenty-three public and fourteen privatecamps, a fish hatcher)-, a steim


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