Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-27
APEDEsTR1AN TOUR IN MAINE.


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ed thorough knowledge CT the wilds Of
Maine, advised us by no means to venture
alone and unarmed the latter part of the way to
Moosehead Lake. For" said he, evolves
and bears are frequently seen providing in the
woods, and should they meet you alone, they
might not hesitate to tackle you" We had
no reason to doubt his wisdom, and having
previously read something that in a measure
confirmed what he said, we confess that when
passing through some woods, where for SIX
miles we did not see house or a soul, we did
walk above our usual gait, and start suddenly,
when frightened rabbit disturbed the dry
leaves; and also, after twilight, when, indis-
tinctly, we saw the lake stretching from the
foot of Squaw Mount, we did mistake the call
! Of loon to his mate, for the bowling of wild
animals-noises that we believed nightly woke
the echoes of this solitude. Now the surround
iags of Moosehead are wild rs they can be, but
many city sportsman who has started,
| cdcked and primed with the expectation of
Shooting bears from the hotel windows, has
been obliged, much to his discontinue, to
|
| lake, before bear would consent to show him
self Hunting, the year round, has thinned out
| and driven away most OF the game One
must go further north than Moosehead Lake,
who would make hunting paying
| business. Primitive forests, too, that many
are disappointed in not seeing, have Tor
years stocked the various lumber yards OF
| our commercial cities, and borne over the
ocean the produce of our Southern states.
| Though your life at Moosehead is not hazard
ed by wild animals, and though a second
| growth of trees supplies the place of the first,
the scenery is none the less wild, nor is the
! place less inviting The lake is beautiful
| sheet Of water, gemmed with islands, and is
hemmed in with high hills and mountains.
Greenville, a neat little village on its Southern
| border, contains meeting house, two stores
and two hotels. One or two farms have been
cleared in its immediate vicinity and in the
woods to the west of it, is small settlement
| of Indians. 1t is the last station on the high
way u the woods. In the winter it is depot
| for hunters, who go from and return to it and
in all seasons except summer, it is a stopping
placefor trains of lumbermen and their sup
! plies Each summer, the hotels are becoming
more crowded with visitors from all parts of
the country. We saw one family who had
come from Mobile. Among others, we were
c;t;re, ex.Cov Wsshbnrn liz Ioft m ony;ol
BILE reputation for socability and wit, among
the stut hearts of the neighborhood, who as
sembls nightly in the hotels, and we doubt not
his name will be remembered round many
pleasant camp fire the coming winter. Mount
Kneo. half way up the lake, is substantially a
flint rock, eight hundred feet high, and is con-
nectet with the main land by a peninsula.
The view from its summit is charm.
ing. An immense bluff extends over its
northern side, under which you can paddle in a
canoe Looking up, you behold overhanging
lodges of grey rock, that are excitingly grand
A Level plat of ground, girdled by a pebbly
| beach extends from its southern base, on
which stands hotel with comfortable aceomo-
dations. 1t was so crowded before we left
that MANY were obliged to sleep on sofas
and chairs, and a quarter of the company, at
least. waited each meal till the others had fin
isteJ before they could be attended to. A
new and beautiful steamboat, 'Fairy of the
Lake, leaves Greenyile in the middle of the
forenon arrives at Mount Kineo in sea-
4 son for dinner, rounds the head of the
lake md returning reaches home III time for
tea. of course the sail is delightful, and the
boat q3es full of passengers With the excep-
tion of the hotel on Mount Kineo, there are
hut two houses from one end of the lake to the
other. Over all is a wilderness of woods. The
waters of the lake abound in trout, which are
deliciously served on the tables at the hotels
1t must be remembered that this part of the
country is very elevated. In this vicinity
rise the Kennebec, Penobscot and st. Johns
rivers. At most every night we were favored
| with a display of northern lights, which,
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