;liKest.M-.s who bla/..'.l Ihroii-li 

 ails to tlK- liiiid vf I he settiiij; 



WHKN THE FLINT-LOCK WAS EMPLOYED. 



Indeed, one does not have to look back to the early 

 liistory of this State; in Revoluticuai-y days, oi- later, 

 when savage aborigines and wild beasts of the patli- 

 less forests were constantly on the watch to waylay 

 the settler or destroy his possessions. 



By referring to the annnal report of the Department 

 of Agriculture. (Pa.) for ISDO. we find (pages 323-320 

 and 330-334) some most interesting records concerning 

 game in reur.sylvania. In this publication, an ac- 

 count, enlitled "llow Onv Forefathers Hunted Big 

 (■ame," is given of some famous hunts which took 

 place in Bradford county, of this State, about 70 years 

 ago. 



KILLED FORTY DEER IN ONE DAY. 



On one occasion, where the prosperous town of 

 Waverly now stands.there were killed in a single day's 

 hunt, forty Deer, eight Black Bears, thirteen Wolves, a 

 large number of Poxes and a few Panthers. In the fall 

 of If^lS, a big hunt, in \\hich the pioneer farmers for 

 miles about took part, was had in Bradford counfy. 



A MENAXCE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



"Ill those ilays wild animals were so numerous in the val- 

 le.v anil nn the surrounding- hills as to be a serious drawback 

 to the pioneer farmers in the growing of their crops and the 

 keeping of their live stock, to say nothing of the constant 

 fear in which they stood for the safety of themselves and 

 fainilies." 



