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width of about a mile. This lake together with that of Magog a 

 little further north, and Lake Memphremagog to the south, are the 

 three principal sheets of water in the County, affording excellent 

 fishing at times, as well as a resting place for large flocks of ducks 

 in the autumn. In years gone by the St. Francis tribe of Indians 

 used to visit Lake Massawippi (even after the advent of the white 

 settlers) for the purpose of fishing, trapping mink, coon, otter and 

 beaver, etc., as well as hunting moose and deer, all of which were 

 then found in abundance, but most have long since disappeared with 

 the march of civilization ! On the south side of the village runs the 

 main road to Stanstead, the country assuming more of a level aspect 

 with Bunkers hills in the distance on the right whilst the high rising 

 ground on the east side of Hatley, extends for some considerable 

 distance in the direction of what is known as Barnston Mountain. 

 The district all round Hatley is entirely an agricultural one, dairy 

 farming, hog raising, and the maple sugar industry forming the 

 farmers' principal source of income. In addition to the maple 

 trees there still remains a fair sprinkling of elm, beech, birch, 

 cherry, butternut, poplar, hemlock, cedar, fir, pine and tamaracks, 

 which with numerous small streams and the undulating nature 

 of the country, form an excellent home for the various breeding 

 birds, and resting place for the migratory ones that visit the 

 district. 



Although the list contains some 122 species, 63 of which have 

 actually been found breeding (besides another 17 some of which 

 are known and others believed to breed more or less frequently, 

 but whose eggs have not yet been found), it must not be assumed 

 that it is by any means complete, as very little has been done with 

 regard to the Hawks and Owls, most attention having been paid to 

 the Sandpipers, Sparrows and Warblers. 



The position of Hatley makes its avifauna interesting lying as it 

 does at the mouth of a "cul de sac" so to speak of the Canadian 

 Zone, which has its termination in the States of Vermont and New 

 Hampshire, with spurs of the Transition zone extending north on 

 each side of it, the one on the right hand into southern Maine to 

 about latitude 45°, whilst that on the left extends still further 

 north, or to about latitude 47°. It follows naturally that the fauna 

 is chiefly Canadian with a good deal of Transition or Alleghanian, 



