NEW JERSEY 



^ EW JERSEY possesses an area of 8,320 

 square miles. The northern part of 

 the state is somewhat mountainous, 

 those elevations being offshoots from 

 the Alleghanies ; between these 

 mountains are fertile valleys. The 

 southern part of the state is low and 

 sandy. The eastern boundary is 

 marked by the famous Palisades 

 which border the Hudson river for some twenty miles ; 

 then come Newark bay, Raritan bay, and the Atlantic 

 coast with the famous Barnegat bay, Great bay, and 

 others well known to many sportsmen. Delaware bay 

 and Delaware river separate the state, the former on 

 the south from Delaware, and the latter on the west 

 from Pennsylvania. 



There is considerable game in the state of New 

 Jersey, but its accessibility from many large cities has 

 greatly depleted the non-migratory game. There are a 

 few deer, and probably a very few bear ; fox are numer- 

 ous, and squirrel are generally plentiful ; raccoon, wood- 

 chuck, and muskrat are common ; an occasional otter 

 is killed ; rabbit are common. 



Ruffed grouse are still abundant, more particularly in 

 the mountainous districts ; woodcock vary with differ- 

 ent seasons, but it is thought they are less abundant 

 than formerly ; quail are not so plentiful as formerly, but 

 still exist in good numbers in some parts of the state. 



