CONNECTICUT 



ONNECTICUT, measured east 

 and west, is about ninety 

 miles in length by fiom 

 sixty to seventy miles north 

 and south; it has an area 

 of about 4,750 square miles. 

 The surface of the state is 



rugged, being diversified by hills and valleys. The 

 Housatonic Mountains enter the state in the north- 

 west, extending through the state southward to the 

 coast The Green Mountain range also extends 

 through the state, terminating near New Haven. 

 There is also the Mt. Tom range of mountains. 



The principal rivers are the Connecticut, the Tunxis, 

 the Housatonic, and the Thames. The coast of Con- 

 necticut lies upon Long Island Sound, which is 140 

 miles long and twenty-four miles across at the broadest 

 part. 



Considerable furred game is to be found in Connecti- 

 cut. Deer are occasionally seen, but are protected. 

 Lynx, both the Canada and the red variety, are found 

 in the ledges and pine swamps. Red lynx or bob- 

 cat are surprisingly plentiful in parts of the state. 

 Otter have been killed so often as to cause them to be 

 regarded as common. Mink are plentiful, and musk- 

 rat almost a pest. Rabbit and fox are numerous, as 

 are weasel and skunk. 



A few years ago it was no uncommon thing for a 



