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the last deer killed in the vicinity of Delavan, though a few were 
seen from time to time during the next few years. Mr. Larnard 
was a keen sportsman in those days and probably kept better ac- 
count of such matters in that region than any man now living. 
In 1849 or 1850, my father, K. N. Hollister, and his brother, 
U. S. Hollister, saw three deer in the Big Woods, five miles west 
of Delavan, and a year or tw^o later saw two more crossing Rock 
Prairie and taking to the woods near the same place. A. B. Hare, 
of Delavan, last saw deer at Lake Nine, Richmond, as nearly as 
he can figure, in 1852 ; and Jas. H. Camp, also of Delavan, says 
that two deer were seen in the park at Elkhorn one morning in 
1852 by a Mr. Bradley, who was then postmaster at that place and 
is still living. The park was much larger then and, of course, in 
a wilder state. 
From all accounts, then, 1846 may be taken as the date for 
the last deer killed and 1852 for the last deer seen in the vicinity 
of Delavan. 
