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In addition to the above notable shipments, four carcasses weighing 

 200 pounds, one weighing 204, one 210, one 216, one 200 and one 242 

 pounds, respectively, came out over the D. & H. railroad, but unfortunately 

 the address of the consignee was not given and they could not be added 

 to the record. 



Miscellaneous Animals 



Last August an interesting letter was received from Mr. R. L. Trum- 

 bull of Ausable Forks, enclosing a clipping from the Adirondack Record 

 of August 20, 1909, headed " Otter in the Adirondacks." The writer 

 attested the truth of the story, which was as follows: 



Frank L. Kemp of the J. and J. Rogers Company, who has a camp 

 on Taylor Pond near Silver Lake in the town of Black Brook, Clinton county 

 where his family are at present sojourning, reports that on several occasions 

 he has seen otter there. On Sunday, August 8th, while in a boat going 

 up the pond, his attention was attracted by the noise of splashing water, 

 and on investigation he found a colony of otter at play in the water. 

 He sat and watched the animals for some time until they had finished their 

 sport and disappeared. He reports also that he saw the animals several 

 times during the summer of 1908. The otter is one of the most highly 

 prized of the fur bearing animals, but is not protected by the laws of the 

 State for the reason that they are great destroyers of fish." 



The Cooperstown Journal of September 4, 1909, reported the killing 

 of five lynx near Lowville. All were large animals and had killed consider- 

 able farm stock before their den was raided. 



But four black bears were noted among the shipments by the express 

 companies. The smallest weighed but 75 pounds; the other weights were 

 105, 225 and 250 pounds, respectively. 



Hunting Casualties 



Through the courtesy of Mr. W. E. Wolcott of Utica, the record of 

 hunting casualties is again published. Five men were killed and eleven 

 were seriously injured by bullet wounds in the 1909 Adirondack deer hunting 

 season. Those killed were Jesse Moyer, of Chases Lake, accidentally shot 



