Lake Umbagog.
1907
August 7
  The following notes were obtained to-day from Alva
Coolidge. I took them down as he gave them to me and,
for the most part in mainly his own words. Unless otherwise
specified they relate to the region immediately about Lake
Umbagog.
Mammals
  Loupcerviers were abundant thirty five or forty years ago
but Alva has not seen the track of one anywhere in the Lake
region for twenty years or more. What caused them to
disappear from it he cannot imagine. Very few were shot or
trapped. They were so deficient in scent as to be unable to
follow the trail of a man or any other animal or even
to smell a redolent bait. They lived chiefly on Rabbits and
were occasionally given to hunting in company for Alva
has seen the tracks of three or four close together and
leading in the same direction.
Canada Lynx
  The first Bay Lynx known to have been taken was
shot about 1899 by a son of Jonathan P. West. It was
walking along the top rail of a fence that borders the road (Back Street).
Mr. West has the specimen mounted and I have examined it.
A year or two before it was killed Alva had seen tracks
which he thought to be those of Bay Lynxes. He finds
them now in winter in many localities and considers the
animals common. He has trapped three of them during
the past five years. Like the Loupcerviers they live chiefly
on Rabbits and are quite unable to follow a trail by
scent or to detect the presence of a bait. They are
wholly fearless of a trap and if it can be placed so
that they are likely to step in it are easily caught.