. In pine-tree jungles; a hand-book for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . SoiiiLtiines Canoeing /s Uphill Work. off in the forest. There is a small pond on this carry where good fish-ing is usually to be had. The carry is hilly, and the scenery striking inthe extreme. Many picturesque rapids keep the river in a turmoilthroughout this three-mile stretch, which is known as one of the worstregions for driving in all the length of the West branch. At the end of the carry is a place called the Big Eddy, and herecamp may be made and canoes put in next day. Below the Big Eddy 9° The Ho
. In pine-tree jungles; a hand-book for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . SoiiiLtiines Canoeing /s Uphill Work. off in the forest. There is a small pond on this carry where good fish-ing is usually to be had. The carry is hilly, and the scenery striking inthe extreme. Many picturesque rapids keep the river in a turmoilthroughout this three-mile stretch, which is known as one of the worstregions for driving in all the length of the West branch. At the end of the carry is a place called the Big Eddy, and herecamp may be made and canoes put in next day. Below the Big Eddy 9° The Till Latdistring Always Hangs Out. the waters run strong to (killivers pitch, or Ambajemackomus a quarter-mile carry must be made to the head of the Horse-race, two miles of quick water, in which great jagged ledges are plenti-fully strewn, and where the cool head of a skilled guide is needed tobring a canoe through successfully. The turbulent current of theHorserace is soon quieted in the upper waters of Sourdnahunk dead-water, a widening of the river about two and a half miles in Katahdin is seen to good advantage from here, the great greenslopes being not more than a dozen miles away. An eighth-of-a-milecarry at the foot of Sourdnahunk deadwater takes the voyager aroundSourdnahunk falls ; it is only a short distance farther down the river towhere Sourdnahunk stream sends its waters from the north. Here is agood camping locality. If one would see trout fishing at its best, he must not fail to make atrip up Sourdnahunk stream to the little ponds that are grouped
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