ARKANSAS 



RKANSAS has an area of 50,722 

 square miles. Its surface is varied. 

 Adjacent to the Mississippi, and 

 from twenty-five to a hundred 

 miles inland, the country is low 

 and contains many swamps and 

 lakes. To the west of this sec- 

 tion, in the middle of the state, the country is hilly, and 

 still farther west is a mountainous region. Beyond the 

 last named section is a series of gradually rising plains. 

 It is thought that game has considerably diminished 

 in this state, excepting the quail. Want of restrictive 

 laws has had much to do with this. For a number 

 of years many parties have shot for count on wagers in 

 this state, and as a result the game has been slaughtered 

 without regard to the future. 



Virginia deer are still to be found in large numbers 

 in the thinly settled parts of the state ; bear are num- 

 erous ; cougar or panther are occasionally found in 

 the rough country; lynx and wolf are often found. 

 Of other fur-bearing animals there are otter, beaver, 

 mink, opossum, raccoon, rabbit, squirrel black, red, 

 and gray found throughout the state, being very 

 abundant in the swamps. 



Much of the big game hunting in Arkansas is in the 

 swamps in the cane, it is called by the natives. 



Bear hunting is a prominent sport. In the eastern 



