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is found frequently and is often killed by the sports- 

 man. Foxes are also abundant throiighout the State, 

 and lynxes, both the Canada lynx and the red lynx, 

 are occasionally found. 



The abundance of large game in Maine generally 

 causes the sportsman to pay but little attention to 

 such small game as the raccoon, the scjuirrel, or 

 the \yoodchucks, but if feathered game is wanted, 

 there are geese, many varieties of ducks, the ruffed 

 grouse, and the Canadian grouse, or spruce partridge, 

 woodcock, snipe, and the various shore birds. 



We have chosen as representative hunters and 

 guides of the State of Maine, two men who are 

 known for their unusual skill as woodsmen and 

 hunters. This first is Jonathan Darling. This 

 famous guide and hunter was born in the town of 

 Enfield, Maine, his father and mother being among 

 the first settlers in that part of the State. During 

 Mr. Darling's youth game was very abundant there, 

 and consisted of moose, deer, caribou and bear; but 

 the means for securing these animals were scarce, 

 steel traps and rifles being luxuries. The arm used 

 by Mr. Darling's father was an old flint lock, and 

 most of his traps were wooden traps, chiefly dead 

 falls. 



Jonathan Darling, when a boy, would accompany 

 his father on his hunting and trapping trips; 



