42 THE PENNSYLVANIA LION OR PANTHER. 



known as "The Panther Spring." It is a fine pool of 

 water, and is along the mountain road between Wind- 

 sor Furnace and Eckville. A sketch was made of the 

 spring by Artist C. H. Shearer in August, 1913. How 

 this panther wandered into Berks County, where none 

 of its kind had been seen in forty years, can, only be ex- 

 plained by the fact that the creature was working its 

 way westward in search of a mate. Faires Boyer, a 

 noted hunter, residing at Centreville, Snyder County, 

 killed a panther on Jack's Mountain in November, 

 1873. It had been probably driven eastward by dogs. 

 Clement F. Herlacher killed two panthers on Mos- 

 quito Creek, in Clearfield County, in February, 1880. 

 For many nights they had been annoying the horses 

 at a big camp, the frightened animals prancing and 

 foaming while the panthers prowled outside. Leonard 

 Johnson, of McElhattan, Clinton County, remembers 

 this incident very well. The panthers in Treaster 

 Valley did little damage, and were in a sense protected 

 by the old settlers, who resented "outsiders" hunting 

 or cruising about the valley. Even Dr. Rothrock was 

 warned to be "careful" in passing through the valley 

 alone. Clem Herlacher followed these panthers by 

 their regular "crossing" from Sugar Valley, Clinton 

 County, and discovered their "ledge," in the early 

 summer of 1892. He abstracted four pups, which 

 were about three or four months old. Returning the 

 following year, he found two pups in the same nest, 

 which he also carried away. Many of the old hunters 

 believed that in some mysterious way the Pennsylva- 



