MASSACHUSETTS 



ASSACHUSETTS, which is known as 

 the Bay state, possesses an area of 

 7,800 square miles. Its coast contains 

 numerous peninsulas, and as a result 

 there are many large bays. Cape Cod, 

 which is a prominent feature, is about 

 seventy miles in length. The gen- 

 eral surface of the state is hilly, but 

 there are no very great elevations. The 

 Hoosac and Taconic mountains are in the western 

 part, and run parallel with each other southward into 

 Connecticut. The eastern portion is generally roll- 

 ing, while the southeast is made up of level and sandy 

 plains, which extend to the ocean by the way of Cape 

 Cod. 



Massachusetts contains considerable game, though 

 many portions have felt seriously the immense drain 

 upon the woods and covers by the market-hunter. 



Deer are found within the state in considerable num- 

 bers. In the northwestern portion of the state, in the 

 neighborhood of Williamstown, Cheshire, and North 

 Adams, a few deer are found in the mountains : 

 they are believed to be mainly stragglers from Ver- 

 mont and New Hampshire. In the towns of Yar- 

 mouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, and 

 Plymouth are large tracts of wild land in which deer 

 are quite numerous. 



Bear are sometimes seen in the northwestern part 



