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through the bog. No beavers were observed nor secured, but 

 fresh cuttings were noted at the edges of some of the "forms" 

 in the bog. 



A few beaver are reported to occur near Little Girl's Point 

 and near Gogebic Lake. E. E. Brewster in 1895 wrote Dr. 

 Gibbs that it was not uncommon in Gogebic County and in 

 probably all the counties of the Upper Peninsula where trap- 

 ping and lumbering had been discontinued ; he stated that 

 beaver were appearing again even in localities where formerly 

 most sought. In 191 1, J. E. Marshall reported it scarce near 

 Gogebic Lake. 



Lcpiis aincricanus phcconoins. Snowshoe Hare. 



Forest — -shore, i. Dry hardwood forest, I. 



Arbor-vitae swamp, signs. Shrub stage, 7. 



Leather leaf bog, signs. Paper birch — aspen stage, i. 



Black spruce — tamarack bog, i. Cultivated-field, i. 



Wet hardwood forest, signs. Edificarian, i. 



Rare during the season of 1920 in the areas visited. In the 

 Cisco Lake Region an adult female was taken in a trap set for 

 muskrat under water on a brushy point. Other hares were 

 occasionally seen in the evenings in the shrubby clearing around 

 the camp house ; and one was even seen on the porch. Drop- 

 pings were found in a leather leaf bog, and a hare was seen 

 at the edge of a black spruce — tamarack bog. Near Little Girl's 

 Point a juvenile was taken August 13 in the upland hardwood 

 forest, but was partly eaten in the trap by some carnivore; 

 several were seen in shrubby clearings ; and a young one was 

 reported captured in an oat field by a farmer. Droppings were 

 found in an arbor-vitae swamp. Near Gogebic Lake in 

 Ontonagon County droppings were found in wet hardwood 

 forest, in a thick growth of aspen and white birch saplings, 

 and in an extensive tamarack bog. 



An adult female taken July 4 at Fish-hawk Lake had much 



