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swamp rabbits made for the edge of the lake when routed from 

 their "forms." 



A. H. Howell (1909, p. 64) states that swamp rabbits "wei-e re- 

 ported to be found sparingly at Henryville," Lawrence County, 

 "probably ranging up Buffalo Creek from the Tennessee River." 

 Perry go thought he recognized a swamp rabbit in the cypress swamp 

 near Hickory Withe. 



Obion County: Keelfoot Lake, 5 niilos west of Hornbeak, 1; Reelfoot Lake, 2 

 miles southwest of Samburg, 1. 



Family SUIDAE 



SUS SCROFA SCROFA Linnaeus: WiM Boar 



In the spring of 1912, a stock of 15 wild swine of both sexes, 

 which had been captured in northern Germany, probably in the Harz 

 Mountains, was purchased by a group of English sportsmen and lib- 

 erated in an enclosure near Hooper Bald, N. C. According to Stege- 

 man (1938, p. 280), this original stock was not disturbed for 8 or 

 10 years. In 1920, however, when an attempt was made to hunt 

 the animals within the enclosure, about 100 broke through tlie fence 

 and escaped into the mountains, Stegeman reports that wild boars 

 increased in numbers on the Cherokee National Forest notwithstand- 

 ing the fact that they were freely hunted by natives with dogs until 

 the outbreak of an epidemic of hog cholera in 1932. It is estimated 

 by Stegeman that there are now some 115 wild boars distributed over 

 an area exceeding 50 square miles. 



So far as known to Arthur Stupka, park naturalist, no wild boars 

 have come into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He be- 

 lieves that the Little Tennessee River, which separates the park from 

 the Cherokee National Forest, may constitute a real barrier against 

 the northward spread of this introduced species. 



Family CERVIDAE 



ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS VIRGINIANUS (Boddaert): Virginia Deer 



The former abundance of deer in all parts of Tennessee is attested 

 by records left by the early traders, hunters, settlers, and travelers. 

 For many years deer skins constituted an important item in the trade. 

 When dressed they were made into vests, pants, and shirts and also 

 the fringed hunting shirts and leggings. Under the act of March 31 » 

 1785, the General Assembly of the State of Franklin fixed the value 

 of "deer skins, the pattern" at 6 shillings (Ramsey, 1853, p. 297). 

 The same Assembly fixed the salary of the governor, per annum, at 

 1,000 deer skins and that of the chief justice at 500 deer skins, be- 

 gimiing January 1, 1788 (Williams, 1924, p. 215). Good venison, if 



