. Here and there in New England and Canada . AZISCOOS FALLS, MAGALLOWAV RI\ EK. Aziscoos Falls are miles by road from the mills; and here the secondsection of steam-navigation begins, and the swift and narrow Magalloway isascended for fifteen miles, to the Lower Mcttaluk Pond. For twelve milesabove this point the river traverses a succession of rich meadows, and maybe ascended by canoes. Then comes a portage path of four miles, leadingto Parmachenee Lake, solitary among the verdure-clad hills, whose only 72 inhabitants are bears and deer and the smaller children of the primevalforest. The
. Here and there in New England and Canada . AZISCOOS FALLS, MAGALLOWAV RI\ EK. Aziscoos Falls are miles by road from the mills; and here the secondsection of steam-navigation begins, and the swift and narrow Magalloway isascended for fifteen miles, to the Lower Mcttaluk Pond. For twelve milesabove this point the river traverses a succession of rich meadows, and maybe ascended by canoes. Then comes a portage path of four miles, leadingto Parmachenee Lake, solitary among the verdure-clad hills, whose only 72 inhabitants are bears and deer and the smaller children of the primevalforest. The public house is called Camp Caribou, and stands on a romanticisland near the head of the lake. Here sportsmen spend weeks of everysummer, 2,500 feet above the sea, and surrounded by the charms of Nature. UPPER MAGALLOWAY. in her wildest mood. No human home appears on all the score of milesaround the placid lake. Its altitude of 2,500 feet above the sea gives anadded virtue to the air. Thoreau, that wise naturalist, averred that the airof Maine is a diet-drink; and a very choice brand of it may be found here. 73 The vicinity of Parmachenee is enriched by many excellent fishing-grounds,— Beaver Pond, Saturday Pond, Moose Brook, Little Boys Falls,and others; and there are snug little huts for fishermen near several ofthese localities. The chief object in the natural scenery of the lake is theconical Bose-Buck Mountain, rising from the south-eastern cove; and thegreat Mount Carmel lies within two or three miles of the lake, on the north-
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