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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  appear 
  to 
  have 
  little 
  difficulty 
  in 
  getting 
  food 
  in 
  winter. 
  Wild 
  

   boar 
  which 
  escaped 
  from 
  the 
  Litchfield 
  preserve 
  now 
  occupy 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  extent 
  of 
  country 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  

   end 
  of 
  Big 
  Tupper 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  unlikely 
  that 
  the 
  

   animal 
  which 
  Messrs. 
  Wood 
  and 
  Donaldson 
  saw 
  north 
  of 
  Long 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  which 
  they 
  took 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  wolf 
  as 
  mentioned 
  elsewhere, 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  small 
  boar. 
  In 
  color 
  and 
  general 
  appearance 
  a 
  

   yearling 
  wild 
  boar, 
  when 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  is 
  not 
  unlike 
  a 
  wolf. 
  

  

  BEAVER 
  IN 
  NEW 
  YORK. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  facts 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  wild 
  

   animals 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  the 
  rapid 
  increase 
  of 
  beaver. 
  For 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  1904 
  it 
  was 
  commonly 
  believed 
  that 
  beaver 
  

   had 
  been 
  exterminated 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  however, 
  

   a 
  small 
  remnant 
  of 
  the 
  once 
  abundant 
  native 
  stock 
  still 
  survived. 
  

   The 
  last 
  stronghold 
  of 
  these 
  beaver 
  was 
  the 
  lake 
  region 
  in 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  twenty, 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  St. 
  Regis 
  mountain. 
  A 
  few 
  

   beaver 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Regis 
  river 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   on 
  the 
  Jordan 
  river, 
  which 
  empties 
  into 
  the 
  Raquette 
  river 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Hollywood, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county; 
  in 
  all 
  there 
  were 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  beaver 
  left. 
  

  

  In 
  1904, 
  through 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  Harry 
  V. 
  Radford, 
  an 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  was 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  $500 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  

   of 
  beaver 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  restocking 
  the 
  Adirondacks. 
  In 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1905, 
  six 
  beaver, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  Exhibit 
  at 
  the 
  Louisiana 
  Purchase 
  Exposition 
  at 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  

   were 
  released, 
  two 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  Sumner 
  stream 
  with 
  the 
  

   south 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Moose 
  river 
  and 
  four 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Big 
  

   Moose 
  lake. 
  In 
  1906 
  fourteen 
  more 
  beaver, 
  procured 
  from 
  the 
  

   Yellowstone 
  National 
  Park 
  by 
  arrangement 
  with 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  

   Interior, 
  were 
  liberated. 
  Four 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  released 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  

   near 
  First 
  lake 
  of 
  the 
  Fulton 
  Chain, 
  four 
  near 
  the 
  Fourth 
  lake 
  

   of 
  the 
  Fulton 
  Chain, 
  four 
  on 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Lake 
  Terror 
  in 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  forty-two, 
  and 
  two 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Little 
  Tupper 
  lake. 
  In 
  

   1909, 
  the 
  State 
  also 
  released 
  a 
  beaver 
  at 
  Lake 
  Placid. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  

   State 
  released 
  twenty-one 
  beaver. 
  

  

  