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ANNUAL SIDE HUNT AT ENOSBURG FALLS, vVT., OCT. 9, 1896. 
‘* Captain’ Stetson and 19 others. ‘‘ Captain’’ Rublee and 19 others. 
Totals. 
128 gray squirrels, 84 gray squirrels, 212 
145 red squirrels, 4 65 red squirrels, 210 
54 partridges, 22 partridges, 56 
4 owls, 2 owls, 6 
14 blue jays, 11 blue jays, 25 
3 Crows, 2 crows, 5 
18 woodpeckers, 23 woodpeckers, 41 
2 hen hawks, 1 woodcock, 3 
iox, iisfoxc, 2 
1 rabbit, 3 rabbits, 4 
1 muskrat, 1 
565 
Strange to say, the side hunt of November 18, 1897, did not 
yield such an abundant harvest of dead animals. It is true that 
only thirty killers were engaged, against the forty of the previ- 
ous. year; but the total of victims for both sides was painfully 
low—only 51. 
**Capt. ’? Marsh, and 14 shooters. ‘*Capt.’’ Best, and 14 shooters. 
1 duck. 
2 crows. 
iP iox, 
} partridges, 4 partridges. 
7 rabbits, 3 rabbits. 
53 gray squirrels, 4 gray squirrels. 
1 mink. 
7 red squirrels, 2 red squirrels. 
10 woodpeckers, 3 woodpeckers. 
The great falling off from the previous year’s splendid (!) 
record was attributed, locally, to the wet weather of the spring of 
1897, which killed off the game, the lateness of the hunt, and 
the fewer number of men engaged. The slaughter of the pre- 
vious year of course was the principal cause. 
Writing from Waynesburg, Pa., Mr. J. Warren Jacobs com- 
municates the following: ‘‘In the eastern part of the county 
are city hunting-club game reserves. ‘These various clubs are 
