. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . A.\D 1 liiLIJ IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. 29 miles down a shore on which the woods were broken in severalplaces by clearings in which stand the cottages of city residents,who make Portage their summer home. Among the trees onthe high opposite shores glowed the lights of two .sporting campsand the lake, even in the night, seemed far from IN MADAWASKA— A LAND OF PLENTY. Portage lake, bending almost in a loop from west to north, isseven miles long by three in breadth, with .shores
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . A.\D 1 liiLIJ IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. 29 miles down a shore on which the woods were broken in severalplaces by clearings in which stand the cottages of city residents,who make Portage their summer home. Among the trees onthe high opposite shores glowed the lights of two .sporting campsand the lake, even in the night, seemed far from IN MADAWASKA— A LAND OF PLENTY. Portage lake, bending almost in a loop from west to north, isseven miles long by three in breadth, with .shores that rise intohigh hills on all sides. On the face of the high point oppositePortage round which the lake curves northward are the sportingcamps of D. O. Orcutt, and up the shores on the left of the settle-ment are other camps. This lake, like all the larger ones of theFish river system, abounds in square-tail trout and togue andlandlocked salmon, and its shores are a resort of biggame. Camp Iverson, at Portage, comprises two frame cottageswhich will comfortably accommodate sixteen guests. They aresupplied with water of uncommon purity and coldness which isled into the house through pipes from a hillside spring. Theproprietor, Capt. A. Iverson, is a sturdy Norwegian, who oncewas a shipmaster, but who many years ago quitted the sea andcast his lot in Aroostook county. His fishing fleet, of which hissteam launch Brunhilda is the flagsh
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