Jan. 7, 1911.] 
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GAME IN THE ADIRONDACK^. 
Glens Falls and vicinity people who have 
recently journeyed through the lower Adiron¬ 
dack region report that game is unusually 
plentiful. Very recently several residents of 
this city who have driven through the stretch 
of country between Long Lake West from 
Utica to Montreal, and the village of Long 
Lake, a distance of twenty miles, in Hamilton 
county, were surprised at the number of forest 
animals which they encountered on their jour¬ 
ney and which showed no signs of alarm or 
timidity at the approach of strangers. 
On the trip out, while driving along the road¬ 
way a large cow elk and two half-grown speci¬ 
mens of its young were encountered. All three 
animals turned out as complacently as barn¬ 
yard animals to let the travelers pass. After 
the vehicle had proceeded on its way, the ani¬ 
mals halted at the roadside and gazed back in 
curiosity at the travelers. Teamsters along the 
road, who were met afterward, stated that game 
of all kinds is unusually plentiful. 
A short distance further along the road the 
travelers passed a big buck deer. The noble 
animal was complacently lying in a clump of 
bushes. The driver yelled at the animal, which 
sprang to its feet and ran away. Still further 
on a buck and a doe were encountered. A 
large beaver colony is quartered on Tapper 
Lake, a portion of the Whitney preserve, which 
consists of ninety-seven thousand acres, of 
which twenty-seven thousand is water. 
In this connection it should be stated that 
beaver in the State generally are more plenti¬ 
ful than heretofore for the reason that some 
time ago, owing to the gradual disappearance of 
beaver due to the work of trappers, a State law 
was enacted making the trapping, shooting, 
possessing or interfering in any way with 
beaver in this State illegal and punishable by a 
fine of one hundred dollars for each offense. 
The law also authorized the colonizing of 
beaver for the purpose of propagation. This 
law was passed four years ago and it is esti¬ 
mated that one year ago there were five hun¬ 
dred beaver in the State. 
Another wild species, which has already been 
reported by old guides is the timber wolf which 
has appeared in the forests of the Long Lake 
section. One old guide, a few days ago, de¬ 
scribed the playful antics of two timber wolves 
which he observed running on the beach along 
the lake. Both animals gamboled like two 
dogs, running and jumping over each other in 
a most care-free manner. The tracks of deer 
crossing the roads are reported as thick as 
cattle tracks in the vicinity of farmers’ barns. 
A few years ago the owner of Littlefield Park, 
a tract of land covering 6,000 acres, imitating 
the example of Dr. Seward Webb, who tried 
to fence in the deer in his preserve, built a 
large, strong wire fence around his tract of 
land and turned out a herd of wild boars in the 
corral. It is claimed, however, that the wild 
boars liked the palatable meat of the deer on 
the Webb preserve and therefore refused to re¬ 
main fenced in and that at the present time a 
larger herd of wild boar are roaming wild in 
the forest preserve at the outlet of Long Lake, 
a beautiful body of water thirteen miles and a 
half long.—Glens Falls Times. 
FROG LEG INDUSTRY IN CANADA. 
According to estimates which are reliable* 
though not official, says Consul Andrew J. Mc- 
Connico, St. John’s, Quebec, the frog leg indus¬ 
try is worth to the Province of Quebec at least 
$100,000 annually. During 1909 the Montreal 
markets disposed of over $200,000 worth of 
frogs’ legs, of which probably more than 50 per 
cent, were produced in this Province. The local 
market prices averaged forty cents per pound. 
There are numerous rivulets and marshes in 
this Province in which frogs abound, and dur¬ 
ing the proper season many boys and men earn 
a fair livelihood catching frogs. Most of the 
shipments from this consular district go to Bos¬ 
ton and New York, usually in small quantities. 
The Famous 
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The Rayo is designed to give the 
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It has a strong, durable shade-holder 
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NEWFOUNDLAND 
A Country ol Fish and Game. A Paradise for the Camper and Angler. Ideal Canoe Trips. 
The country traversed by the Reid Newfoundland Company’s system is exceedingly rich in all kinds of fish and 
game. flAll along the route of the Railway are streams famous for their SALMON and TROUT fishing, also 
Caribou barrens, f Americans who have been fishing and hunting in Newfoundland say there is no other country 
in the world in which so good fishing and hunting can be secured and with such ease as in Newfoundland. 
Information, together with Illustrated Booklet and Folder, cheerfully forwarded upon application to 
J. W. N. JOHNSTONE, General Passenger Agent, Reid Newfoundland Company, St. John’s, Newfoundland. 
ANGLING MEMORIES 
Seasonable Books for the Sportsman’s Library 
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