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home, and none of them injured by the wolf. I 
thought it advisable to make this communication to 
the Society, as many parts of our country are so 
infested by wolves that they are obliged to yard 
their sheep every night to prevent their being de¬ 
stroyed by those voracious animals. 
CENSUS 
OF THE STATE OF NeW-YoRK, AT DIFFERENT PE¬ 
RIODS, SINCE THE YEAR 1731. 
A COPY of the following census was furnished 
by the President, with an intimation that its inser¬ 
tion in the proceedings of the Society would tend 
to preserve an interesting document, and afford a 
pleasing contrast with those taken since. 
The county of Albany, at the time of taking it, 
comprehended all the territory of the colony north 
and west of Dutchess and Ulster. 
