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to New York during the season of 1895 over $5 ,000 

 worth of grouse. Wayne county has yielded many 

 grouse and woodcock; it is said about 10,000 grouse 

 were shot in this county during the season of 1896- 

 Westmoreland county yielded about $1,000 worth 

 of game in 1896, consisting chiefly of wild turkey, 

 grouse, quail, rabbit, and squirrel. Five merchants in 

 Wilkesbarre, from October, 1895, to January, 1897, 

 sold 3,500 grouse, all, or nearly all, of which were 

 killed in Luzerne and the neighboring counties. One 

 Luzerne county hunter is reported to have killed in 

 1896, within a radius of thirty miles of Wilkesbarre, 

 804 grouse, which were shipped to New York city, and 

 in 1895 tm ' s same individual, it is stated, marketed 

 about 1,200 grouse, killed in Luzerne and neighboring 

 counties. York county formerly contained a great deal 

 of game. A few years ago fully $8,000 worth was 

 annually shipped from this county, but market-shooting 

 has greatly reduced the game. From five townships in 

 York county in 1896 there were sent to the market 

 1, 800 quail, 2,800 rabbit, and 3,000 wild duck. In 

 1896, from September I to December 31, inclusive, 

 a firm in Susquehanna county purchased 3,000 grouse, 

 1,500 quail, 30,000 squirrel, and a large number of 

 rabbit (40,000 or 50,000), which were sent to New 

 York. The value of the game marketed in 1896 from 

 Bradford county is given as fully $16,000. Three gun- 

 ners in the northeastern part are said -to have shipped 

 I ,OOO grouse, and in the western part one market-hunter 

 sold 540 grouse during the season. Gray squirrel were 

 very numerous in Bradford county in recent seasons, 

 and thousands of these animals were killed and sold. 



