. New England; a human interest geographical reader. © Kalkhojr N. Y. One of the Rangeley Lakes the northwest corner of the state. They are called afishermans paradise. There are five of them, all con-nected by navigable waterways, and small steamersply on them and call at the various Mending a sail, Mount DesertThe Coast with a Hundred Harbors AFTER the English became masters of Canada, andFrench and Indian raiders from the north were nolonger to be feared, the tide of immigration from theolder settlements of New England set strongly east-ward. In the summers of 1760 and 1761 hun
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. © Kalkhojr N. Y. One of the Rangeley Lakes the northwest corner of the state. They are called afishermans paradise. There are five of them, all con-nected by navigable waterways, and small steamersply on them and call at the various Mending a sail, Mount DesertThe Coast with a Hundred Harbors AFTER the English became masters of Canada, andFrench and Indian raiders from the north were nolonger to be feared, the tide of immigration from theolder settlements of New England set strongly east-ward. In the summers of 1760 and 1761 hundreds of344 The Coast with a Hundred Harbors 345 men were hastening to Maine in every kind of craftthat would float; The new free lands were an irresist-ible bait, the forests promised inexhaustible suppliesof timber, the swift streams gave power for grist andsawmills, and the waters teemed with fish. As a ruleonly the men went the first season, and after choos-ing sites for their habitations and making clearingsthey sailed for their old homes. But the next springthey returned with their families. Usually two orthree families made the voyage together and lived inthe vessel until the log houses were built. It was thishardy race of settlers that founded all the shore townseast of Penobscot B
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