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Newcomh District. Protector Bissell of Xewcomb reports 2 

 large colonies in the town of North Hudson ; 1 colony in the tOAvn 

 at Minerva and 4 colonies in the town of Newcomb. 



Plattshurgh District. Protectors North and Kirbj report 

 from Plattsburgh that they found a '' good sized colony " of 

 beaver on Smith's Kiln Brook, town of Saranac, Clinton county. 

 The animals have built a dam 35 feet long, flooding an acre. 



Protector Riley of Plattsburg learned that the colony which had 

 established itself near the mouth of the Ausable river last spring 

 had moved up near Ausable Forks. 



Protector Kirby of Brainardsville makes report of a colony on 

 Redford Brook. 



Raquette Lake District. Protector Lynn of Raquette Lake 

 makes a detailed report of numerous colonies in his territory, 

 showing over 250 beaver inhabitants. His record of locations 

 is as follow^s: In Township 40, colonies on Bowlder Brook; 1 

 on Beaver Brook ; 1 on Otter Brook ; 2 on Brown's Tract Inlet ; 1 

 on Brandeth Lake stream; 1 on Marion river. In Township 41, 1 

 colony on Cascade Lake stream ; 1 on Shallow Lake stream ; 1 

 on Cranberry Pond ; 1 on Eagle Creek ; 2 on Two Sisters Pond. 

 In Township 39, 2 colonies on north branch of Shingle Shanty 

 stream; 1 on East Pond. In Township 36, 1 colony on Big 

 Salmon Lake ; 1 on Carey Pond ; 1 on Rack Pond stream ; 1 on 

 Flat Fish Pond; one on Bottle Pond stream. In Township 35, 



1 colony on Loose Pond stream; 2 on North Bay Brook, Forked 

 Lake ; 1 on ITpper Sargeant Pond. In Township 34, 2 colonies 

 on T'tawanta Lake ; 1 on Loon Brook. In Township 6, 1 colony on 

 Marion river ; 2 on South Inlet ; 1 on Bear Brook. In Township 

 5, 1 colony on Brown's Tract Pond. In Township 3, 2 colonies 

 on Hess Pond; 1 colony on Fifth Lake; 1 colony on Seventh 

 Lake; 2 colonies on Red river. In Township 4, 2 colonies on 

 Falls Pond ; 2 colonies on Mitchell Pond ; 1 on Summer Creek ; 



2 on Indian river. 



St. Regis District. William Bump, a caretaker of the Brook- 

 lyn Cooperage Company's tract on the St. Regis river, reports 

 the beaver becoming quite numerous around the Ten Mile. Henry 

 House of the Five Mile Camp, St. Regis river, found several 

 families of beaver on Alder Brook. 



