THE PEXXSYLVAXIA LIOX OR PAXTHER. 



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nia lion, like the wolf, was an integral part of the orig- 

 inal forest. \Vhen the old forests were cut, the pan- 

 thers and wolves of the Keystone State diminished, 

 until the destruction of practically all of the "first 

 growth'' timber, they vanished altogether. This may 

 also account for the passing of panthers and wolves 

 from the Adirondack ^Mountains in Xew York, which 

 occurred so completeh- after the lumbermen's devas- 

 tation. 



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