60 



Crust-hunting- , . - - - 276 



Clubbing ------ 1 



Jack-lights ------ 138 



Snares ---- --15 



Dogs out of season - - - - - ^1 



Blank - - - - - - - 229 



-^25. Is crust-hunting much practiced ; if so, by what classes ? 

 Answer — 



Yes ------ 468 



No - - - - - - 61 



Pothunters - - - - - - 78 



Farmers and settlers _ - _ - 809 



All classes - _ . - . - - 20 



Lumbermen ----- 50 



Indians ------- 113 



Blank - - - - - - 121 



^26. Is summer "marsh" or "jack-light" hunting much practiced; H so, 

 by what classes ? 

 Answer — 



Yes - - - - - - - 138 



No - - - - - - - 264 



Farmers and settlers - - - - - 137 



Fishing parties ----- 10 



All classes - - - - - - 17 



Pothunters ------ 41 



Indians - - - - - - - 57 



Campers ------ 12 



Blank - - - - - - 248 



27. In what districts of Ontario were deer formerly numerous, to your o%\ j. 

 knowledge ? 



28. Are they numerous there now ? 



29. If not, what has caused the scarcity ? 

 Answer — 



Not necessary to answer the last three questions here ; asked with a view of 

 obtaining information as to localities in which deer are still plentiful. The 

 answers show that deer were abundant at one time all over the Province, but 

 have been getting scarcer and scarcer, year by year, ow Ing to the clearing up of 

 the land, the advent of the settler, the railways, the wolves, and the indiscrimi- 

 nate and merciless slaughter of the pothunter and skin assassin. 



