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facture of vitrified, fire and front brick, vitrified 

 tile and fire-proofing are likewise stated not to be 

 abundant. At Grand Ledge, Jackson, Corunna, Bay 

 City and Flushing, shales of the coal-measures have 

 been utilized for making vitrified and front brick, 

 vitrified tile, sewer pipe, conduits and fire-proofing. 

 Slip clays suitable for glazing pottery are found in 

 Ontonagon County.^ 



GAME AND FISH 



The forest and prairies, lakes and streams of Michi- 

 gan were the natural habitat of multitudes of animals 

 of many sorts, some of them serviceable to man and 

 some noxious and even dangerous. This animal life 

 varied from period to period with the migration of the 

 species and the destruction wrought by enemies hu- 

 man and otherwise. The figure of the huntsman 

 depicted on the shield embodied in the State's coat- 

 of-arms, with the attending moose and elk support- 

 ing this same shield, were symbolical of the part 

 played by this wild life in the pioneer era of Mich- 

 igan history. Charles S. Wheeler has enumerated 

 some fifty species of animals found in early Michigan, 

 including the bison, caribou, elk, moose, common deer, 

 panther, lynx, wildcat, gray wolf, fisher, sable or pine 

 marten, red fox, gray fox, ermine or white weasel, 

 mink, badger, skunk, otter, wolverine, black bear, 

 raccoon, four bats, two moles, two shrews, flying 

 squirrel, black and gray squirrel, fox squirrel, two 



^ "Production and Value of Mineral Products in Michi- 

 gan," 1916, 178. 



