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down by a small colonj of these animals. To reach 

 this place from Philadelphia one can piocuie at Broad 

 Street Station, a ticket to Old I'oint Comfort by way 

 of Cape Charles, then take a James river steamer to 

 (Maremont, where guides and hotel accommodations 

 can be had. Jn the heavily-wooded swamps, about 

 two and one-half miles south of Spring Gi'ove post- 

 ollice, which is some six raih^s by wagon road west of 

 (Jlaremont, you can, I am quite conlideut, find Beavers 

 living in hollow logs, or in houses of their own make. 

 Lastyear a hunter wbom I met in this locality and who 

 had eight pelts of these animals which he had recently 

 slain and sold for $40, said he discovered no "bouses," 

 but found the Beavers living in logs and trees which 

 were hollow. 



THE AMERICAN WOLF. 



In view of the fact that for several years past the 

 writer has made especial efforts to verify the statement 

 that this animal is still to be found in Pennsylvania, 

 and has failed, he is very much inclined to the opinion 

 that none of the species, in a wild state, are present in 

 this Commonwealth. It is true that bounty records 

 in different counties of the State, as late perhaps as six 

 months since, show that "wolf scalps" have been paid 

 for. Such data, however, must not be taken as con- 

 clusive evidence of the presence of these animals, for 

 the ''lieads and ears" of grizzly, long-haired cur dogs, 

 etc., or the pelts of wolves brought to Pennsylvania 

 from other states, have in past years proven of consid- 

 erable value to scalp hunters, although expensive to 

 the local taxpayers. A large Wolf was lately slain in 

 Westmoreland county, but investigation disclosed the 

 fact that it had been shipped alive from the far west 



