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.fauna. 
Deer, caribou, and moose inhabit the forests on the slopes, and de 
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at least go to the feery top as I saw signs of thsir being all over the 
mountain and even found horns which they had shed on the summit. 
Bears are common around the base, and without doubt/all the an tmals 
of Northern Maine ascend to a greater or less hight. As I was 
espic^ally interested in studying the plants of this region I did 
the fauna closely so am not able to give an extended account of it. 
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I saw ruffed grouse as far as the timber line extended, one flock 
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even near the top^-atf the scrub. Toads were abundant in the woods 
up to where the firs were but a foot high. This was our common 
toad (Bufo). I saw at least two species of beetles on the summit, anal 
on the southern slope there were numbers of green grasshoppers 
( Pevotette x nlacalis . SoucA . Last but not least by any means, were 
black flies. On the highest points the wind would generally blow 
them away, but on the sheltered side of ja, rock pile sssk they would 
swarm on one. It was almost impossible to endure life unless one 
was besmeared with grease containing tar, pennyoyal, or some other 
odoriferous substance. 
