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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Rabbits, 
  including 
  the 
  cotton 
  tail 
  and 
  the 
  varying 
  hare 
  — 
  often 
  

   called 
  the 
  white 
  rabbit 
  — 
  were 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  for 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  years 
  past. 
  Gray 
  squirrels 
  were 
  also 
  abundant 
  in 
  many 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  One 
  Italian 
  arrested 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  

   of 
  Long 
  Island 
  had 
  thirty-four 
  in 
  his 
  possession. 
  

  

  THE 
  CARE 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  GAME. 
  

  

  The 
  owners 
  of 
  private 
  preserves 
  spend 
  considerable 
  sums 
  of 
  

   money 
  in 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  game 
  they 
  have 
  in 
  their 
  covers, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   good 
  judgment 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  same. 
  Game 
  

   protection 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  State 
  spends 
  large 
  sums 
  annually 
  avails 
  

   little 
  if 
  applied 
  only 
  to 
  destroyers 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  race. 
  Encour- 
  

   agement 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  keeping 
  down 
  noxious 
  vermin, 
  and 
  

   game 
  should 
  be 
  cared 
  for 
  in 
  winter 
  when 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  perishing 
  

   by 
  starvation. 
  

  

  A 
  modest 
  appropriation 
  should 
  be 
  available 
  for 
  supplying 
  feed 
  

   for 
  the 
  deer 
  in 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  where 
  deer 
  die 
  during 
  

   hard 
  winters, 
  and 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  available 
  also 
  for 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  

   pheasants 
  or 
  other 
  game 
  varieties. 
  Each 
  deer 
  has 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   money 
  value, 
  if 
  considered 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  the 
  price 
  

   the 
  carcass 
  will 
  bring 
  in 
  a 
  butcher 
  shop, 
  and 
  no 
  private 
  corporation 
  

   would 
  consider 
  it 
  good 
  business 
  to 
  lose 
  valuable 
  stock 
  when 
  a 
  few 
  

   dollars 
  properly 
  expended 
  at 
  a 
  crisis 
  would 
  save 
  the 
  supply. 
  

  

  WOLVES 
  IN 
  THE 
  ADIRONDACKS. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  letters 
  from 
  D. 
  C. 
  Wood, 
  the 
  well-known 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  surveyor, 
  and 
  Charles 
  Donaldson 
  are 
  self-explanatory: 
  

  

  " 
  We 
  were 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  line 
  of 
  township 
  fifty 
  and 
  I 
  

   was 
  searching 
  for 
  the 
  line 
  ahead 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  when 
  I 
  scared 
  up 
  an 
  

   animal 
  which 
  I 
  at 
  first 
  thought 
  was 
  a 
  fawn, 
  but 
  upon 
  closer 
  ex- 
  

   amination 
  saw 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not. 
  It 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  shepherd 
  

   dog 
  and 
  gray 
  in 
  color. 
  I 
  spoke 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  men 
  who 
  was 
  with 
  

   me 
  and 
  he 
  said, 
  ' 
  it 
  acted 
  like 
  a 
  wolf 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  was 
  we 
  would 
  see 
  

   it 
  again 
  as 
  they 
  usually 
  sneaked 
  around 
  to 
  watch 
  anybody.' 
  In 
  

  

  