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BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Tlie Cougar is the Tiger of the Occident, being the largest 

 of the cat kind found in the northern part of the Western 

 Hemisphere. His range extends from the Arctic Circle to 

 Patagonia, but east of the Rocky Mountains he is alto- 

 gether extirpated or extremely rare, except in the Southern 

 States. It is yet abundant in Northern California, Oregon, 

 Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. It is especially 

 abundant in Northern Washington, along the Skagit and 

 Nooksack Rivers, the abundance of Deer, grouse, rabbits, 

 and fish in the streams, furnishing it with a never-failing 

 supply of food; and here it obtains its greatest development 

 in size. 



v-ougar and Young. 



It is a subject of discussion among hunters as to the 

 number of young that the Cougar produces at a birth. 

 The naturalists state that the litters usually vary from 

 three to five, but from my own personal experience, and 

 from extensive inquiries among other hunters and trappers, 

 I can not corroborate this statement. I have never found 

 more than two kittens in a litter; and very pretty little 



