PENNSYLVANIA 



^ENNSYLVANIA has an area of 46,000 square 

 miles. The eastern portion, known as the 

 Atlantic slope, is largely undulating and hilly ; 

 the central is mountainous ; while the western 

 is made up of table-lands. This state is nat- 

 urally a favorable one for game, which at one 

 time was very plentiful, but was largely diminished 

 by commercial, manufacturing, and mining enterprises. 

 Its central situation, too, has made it a favorable place 

 for market-hunters, who have helped materially in 

 diminishing the game. Its furred game consists of bear, 

 deer, lynx, fox, both red and gray, raccoon, opossum, 

 otter, mink, muskrat, woodchuck, and squirrel. 



The records of Dr. B. H. Warren, state geologist, 

 show the number of deer killed during the season of 

 i895-'96 as follows: Potter county, i895-'96, twenty- 

 five deer; Schuylkill, 1896, two; Snyder, 1 895^96, 

 from five to ten; Venango, 1895 -'96, probably fifty, 

 later returns say five or six were killed in 1 896 ; War- 

 ren, i895-'96, at least twenty-five; Wyoming, a few 

 killed in .the western part; Luzerne, i895-'96, eight; 

 Monroe, about fifteen; Adams, about fifty in 1895 an( ^ 

 about thirty in 1896; Mifflin, 1896, twelve to fifteen; 

 Franklin, 1896, probably twenty- five ; Wayne, 1896, 

 about twenty-five ; Centre, not many deer were scarce ; 

 Forest, 1896, probably thirty or forty; Clearfield, 

 twenty-five ; in Lebanon deer were formerly quite 

 abundant, but they are scarce now, five or six only 



