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down by a small roldiiv of (licsc aniiiialN. To. reach 

 this place from riiiladi'liiliia one can pKx iiic al r.ioad 

 Slrcol Slaliou, a lida'l (o Old I'oinl ("oiiildrl l(^ wa.v 

 <d" (Jape Charles, llu-ii lake a .James river sleaiiicr l(j 

 <nareiiii(i.iil, where i;iiide,s and hotel ai-eommodadoiiH 

 cau be had. Ju Uie heavily-wooded swamps, about 

 two and one-hall' miles south of Spriuj;- Grove posi- 

 olliee, which is some six miles by waj^on road west ol' 

 Clai-emonl, 3'ou can, I am iiuile conlident, lind Heavers 

 Tniu};- in hollow loj^s, oi- in JKHiscs of their (jwii malic. 

 Lasfyeai' a hunler wIhmii I met in this locality and who 

 had ei};h( pelts of these animals which he had recently 

 slain and sold for |40, said he discovered no "houses," 

 but found the Heavers llvin<> in i();:s and lr<-es whicli 



In view ol Ihe fact thai for several yeais past the 

 writer has made especial ell'orts to verily the statement 

 that this animal is still to be found in Pennsylvania, 

 and has failed, he is very much inclineel to liu' opinion 

 that none of Ihe species, in a wild stale, are present in 

 this (Jonimonweallh. II is Inii' thai bonnly records 

 in different counlies of ihe Stale, as lale perhaps as six 

 months since, show ihal ■'wnlf scalps" lia\e jjccn paid 

 for. Such data, Iiowcmm-, niusi nol be taken as con- 

 clusive evidence ol Ihe presence of these animals, foi' 

 Ihe "Iwads and ears" of ;;i-iy,/.ly, lonn-haired cur do^s, 

 elc, oi' Ihe pells of wolves brou-lil lo Pennsylvania 



.■rable value to seal), hunters, althou-h expensiv.' to 

 Ihe local taxj.ayers. \ lar-e Wolf was lately slain in 

 Westmoreland ••oiuily, bul investi<;ation dis.dosed Ihe 

 fact thai it h;id b( en shii.ped aliv( from the fai' west 



