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Trout also were abundant in the small lakes and streams, but they have decreased in numbers as the fishermen have penetrated the out- of-the-way places. Mr. Sinclair having blocked my scheme of building the plank road from Negaunee to Marquette by the pur- 120 RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFE chase of David Langley's interest in my logging outfit, which lie doubtless conceived to be to my own advantage, 1 resumed again the business of looking up and entering pine lands, for which purpose he desired... mainly to retain my services. Men who had the experience and equipment to do this were rare in the upper peninsula, and at this time the scramble for accessible timber was much more keen than it had been a few years before. The tracts most advan- tageously situated along the lower reaches of the rivers and streams emptying into Green Bay had been generally taken up and it was necessary to penetrate farther into the depths of the forests. Searching out pine timber, — the hard woods and lesser growths were of little value, — and running a line to as- certain the location was no small task.
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