THE PENNSYLVANIA LION OR PANTHER. 



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nia lion, like the wolf, was an integral part of the orig- 

 inal forest. When the old forests were cut, the pan- 

 thers and wolves of the Keystone State diminished, 

 until the destruction of practically all of the "first 

 growth" timber, they vanished altogether. This may 

 also account for the passing of panthers and wolves 

 from the Adirondack INIountains in New York, which 

 occurred so completely after the lumbermen's devas- 

 tation. 



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