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period. What that proportion is, it would be difficult to say with any degree of 

 accuracy, owing to the large number killed by residents and men in the logging 

 camps. The sportsmen also consume some venison while in camp; and many of the 

 hunters who live near the edge of the forest bring out their deer in wagons, some of 

 them carting their game many miles. If I were to venture an estimate, I would say 

 that for each deer reported here in the express companies' returns, at least four 

 others were killed. The record of shipments as taken from the way-bills of the 

 express companies is as follows: 



N3l)iprnents of Deer from tl)e AdirondacI^ I^egion h% tl)e 

 American Express Compan^^ in l^oo. 



MOHAWK AND MALONE RAILROAD. 



OFFICE. CARCASSES, SADDLES. HEADS. 



Beaver River, ---------- 84 i 2 



Big Moose, -..-...-.. 27 6 5 



Brandreth Lake, .-..---.... i 



Childwold, -.------.. 33-- 3 



Clear Water, ---.....-- ^8 10 i 



Floodwood, 30 



Forestport, .......... 29 4 2 



Fulton Chain, ...---.-- ^9 7 



Hinckley, -..-..--.--- i 



Lake Clear, ......-..- 2 



Lake Placid, ...-...---- 4.. j 



Little Rapids, .---- i 



Long Lake West, .-...-.-- 49 



Loon Lake, -.-..--.-. 6 



McKeever, 8 



Minnehaha, .--------- j 



Mountain View, -.------- ^ . . j 



Nehasane, ...,------- . . . g 



Nelson Lake, -.--.-.... 2 



Otter Lake, .-----...- 4 



Owl's Head, .......... 2 



Paul Smith's, g j , 



Piercefield, ..-...--.. 29 2 2 



Poland, ..--.-....- 11-. I 



Rainbow Lake, --------.. j 



