. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . RANGELEY OUTLET. 2l6 THROUGH THE WILDS. They found a team from the Rangeley Lake House ; and deliveringtheir baggage to the driver, the whole party walked up to the hotel,that stood but a short distance from the wharf. Here they were tostay until the next morning. After they had been shown rooms,they hired a couple of teams and drove to a high hill a mile or sofrom the hotel, commanding a fine prospect of the lake and a largepart of the surrounding country. The best view they obtained from. RANGELE
. Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine . RANGELEY OUTLET. 2l6 THROUGH THE WILDS. They found a team from the Rangeley Lake House ; and deliveringtheir baggage to the driver, the whole party walked up to the hotel,that stood but a short distance from the wharf. Here they were tostay until the next morning. After they had been shown rooms,they hired a couple of teams and drove to a high hill a mile or sofrom the hotel, commanding a fine prospect of the lake and a largepart of the surrounding country. The best view they obtained from. RANGELEY DAM, AT FOOT OF OQUOSSOC LAKE. a field a few rods from the road ; and the Parson, who had brought hissketch-book along, made a very creditable attempt in transferring thelandscape before them to its pages. From this point they also had afine view of Ram Island, the largest island in the lake. An attemptwas made a few years ago to build a large hotel on this island, but theprojectors of the enterprise finally abandoned it from want of faith inits financial success. After an hour spent on the hill in a pleasantmanner, they returned to the hotel. I THROUGH THE WILDS. 217 A party of half a dozen gentlemen and two ladies had just comeout from Kennebago Lake, and were going to stop at the house overnight. After supper the boys and their friends entered into conversa-tion with the party from Kennebago, and heard the story of theirexperiences in the wilderness. The party had camped out, havingcarried tents with them. One of the gentlemen said that fish, smallones, had been very plent
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