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The author, not depending entirely upon his own personal experi- 

 ence with reference to game, fish, etc., sought information relating 

 to the subject from his many friends and acquaintances throughout 

 the northern country. Among the hundreds who responded, we 

 are under special obligations to the following named gentlemen: 

 First of all, the General Managers and Passenger Agents of the vari- 

 ous railway companies, Messrs. Teasdale, Barker, Stennett, Carpen- 

 ter, Hair, Winter, Davis, Warren, Ruggles, Lockwood and Whitcomb, 

 all of whom rendered valuable assistance in the procurement of relia- 

 ble and impartial information; second, but no less important, was 

 the assistance contributed by Messrs. H. H. Stafford and T. Mead, of 

 Marquette, Messrs. George R. Stuntz, J. H. La Vaque, and G. H. 

 White, of Duluth; Hon. Samuel S. Fifield and Messrs. Samuel H. 

 Brown and W. R. Durfee, of Ashland; H. C. Putnam, of Eau Claire; 

 Capt. Angis and H. A. Murphy, of Bayfield; James Bardon, of 

 Superior City; G. A. Wettestein, of Negaunee; the Hon. Henry M. 

 Rice and J. Fletcher Williams, of St. Paul; H L. Gordon, of Minne- 

 apolis; D. C. Evans, of Mankato; A. S. Diamond, of Excelsior; the 

 Hon. John W. Bell, of La Pointe; W. D. Gumaer, of Phillips; Ed. 

 C. Coleman, of Rice Lake; David Greenway, of Green Lake; John 

 Ellison, of Ellison's Bay; J. C. Curren, of Rhinelander; S. J. Brown, 

 of Brown's Valley; C. H. Bennett, of Pipestone; Leonard Thomas, 

 of Lac Vieux Desert; J. O. Thayer, of Milwaukee; Thomas T. 

 Bates, of Traverse City; F. Lawler, of Eagle River; C. A. Merritt, 

 of Merritt's Landing; J. W. Mullen, of Taylor's Falls; O. H. Millard, 

 of Ontario; Roderick Ross, of Winnipeg; Messrs. W. B. Pearl and N. 

 C. Kirk, of Devil's Lake; and last but not least, Messrs. Draper and 

 Durrie, of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. 



