Lake Umbagog.
1907
August
  Alva Coolidge of Upton, whose opinion
covering any such matter is entitled to equal confidence,
believes that a Cougar was seen as lately as October, 1906,
in B. Meadows, only a few hundred yards above the
forks of Cambridge River, by a hunter from Andover. This
man, whom Coolidge considers perfectly trustworthy of statement,
asserts that while resting on a hillside that overlooks the
meadows, after a long and uneventful tramp in search of
Deer, his attention was attracted by a movement among
the long grass at the edge of the river. The next
instant a Cat six or seven feet in length, tawny in
color, closely furred, with a long waving tail, emerged from
the grass and walked deliberately out on a sand or mud
bar where he had an unobstructed view of it. He fired
at it twice but apparently without hurting it although
the distance was less than one hundred yards. At 
the first shot it sprang directly upwards to a height
of several feet and then faced about, looking in his
direction; immediately after the second report it crossed the
stream - here some fifteen feet in width - by a single
graceful bound and thence galloped off into the
forest, showing itself occasionally among the rank
vegetation of the meadow but giving him no good
opportunity for another shot. All this happened rather late in
the forenoon of a cloudless day when the sun was 
shining brightly and the light nearly at its best.
I give the story for whatever it may be worth
and, as I have indicated, wholly on the
authority of Mr. Coolidge.