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keeping, in a house on York street, near King street. Shortly 

 after, this house and its contents were destroyed by fire ; the 

 stuffed panther and a few other things, which were rescued, 

 were left in my charge, and which I kept in my father's 

 brewery, on Bay street, until it was destroyed by fire in 

 1843 (?). The panther was a fine large one, and was shot in 

 the Township of Scarboro. 



From 1822 to 1827 my father kept a house of entertainment 

 for farmers — but kept no liquor. The Doans and Wilsons, of 

 Whitchurch, the Reesors and others, of Markham and Scar- 

 boro, would meet there in the evenings, and they often talked of 

 their adventures with wolves, with bears and with other 

 animals. They frequently referred to the depredations of a 

 catamount or panther which had been prowling through these 

 townships, but more especially the Township of Uxbridge, 

 which at that time, about sixty-five years ago, was almost an 

 entire wilderness. If I remember aright, one of these men had 

 an encounter with the catamount, and had killed him. I do not 

 now remember which of the men it was. I was about ten or 

 twelve years of age at this time, full of boyish curiosity, and 

 would sit up until midnight, when permitted, listening to these 

 tales of backwoods adventures. These farmers would naturally 

 call the Panther Catamount, as some of them and their fathers 

 came from Pennsylvania, where the popular name of the beast 

 is " Catamount," as it is also in the Catskill and Alleghany 

 Mountain region. 



I remember reading, some years since, an account of one 

 killed on the Alleghany Mountains which weighed 240 lbs. — 

 half the weight of an African lion ; this must have been a large 

 and powerful animal. 



I have always been of the opinion that the Catamount, spoken 

 of by these farmers as having been killed by one of them, was 

 the specimen which for some time was in my keeping ; probably 

 killed some time before 1820, sold to Mr. Wood and mounted by 

 him. 



While writing about the Panther I will give some further 

 information, from personal recollections, and from what I have 

 gathered from several sources. 



