GEORGIA 



EORGIA is 322 miles in length, north 

 and south, and about 224 miles in width. 

 Its area is 52,000 square miles. The 

 northern part of the state is wild and 

 rugged. The central and southern 

 portions are characterized by a rolling 

 country, while the coast portion is 

 fringed with islands, separated from the 

 mainland by narrow lagoons. Along the coast are 

 numerous swamps and marshes. 



Of the furred game to be found in the state of 

 Georgia, the deer is the most highly prized. In a few 

 localities they are still quite plentiful; they are most 

 abundant in the southeastern part of the state. Deer 

 hunting is nearly always done with dogs, and thanks to 

 two natural protectors that the deer have, they will 

 probably never become quite extinct. We refer to the 

 rattlesnake and the alligator. Woe to the dog that 

 hunts deer in the summer. The snake kills the doer on 



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land, and when the deer take to water, as they nearly 

 always do, the alligator is there. The deer being too 

 quick for the alligator, it awaits the dog, and when the 

 dog is in the water the alligator will swim alongside of 

 him ; one snap, and the dog sinks to rise no more. 



Bear are found in the swamps along the Altamaha 

 and also in Okefanokee swamp ; the latter is partly in 

 Georgia. 



Fox are abundant in the southwestern and in the 



