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Identifier: annualreport101112190newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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ward, an eagle was seen to rise and flyaway from the vicinity of the outlet. Proceeding to the dam he could findneither the trap nor the weight to which it had been attached. He thenwent to the spot from which the eagle rose and there found the beaver inthe trap. Mr. John Constable has kindly presented me with the skull of a verylarge beaver which was trapped by William Wood, in the fall of 1837, ina pond northwest of Indian Point on the Raquette. Mr. Constable writesme that an old Indian who had been unsuccessful in his attempts to capturethis same beaver, and who was then about to leave this part of the wilder-ness, told Wood where the animal was to be found. Wood carried his boatto the pond and paddled twice around it, searching carefully for signs,without going ashore. At last he discovered fur upon the root of an oldbirch that projected into the water. Here he placed the trap, attachedto a float, and on the second day found the beaver in it.* * Mammals of the Adirondacks, p. 254.
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MONEY POUCH MADE OF TANNED KITTEN BEAVERS TAIL. SLIGHTLY RKDLCED. HISTORY OF THE ADIROXDACK BEAVER. 403 Despite the decreasing demand for beaver skins, due to the extensivesubstitution of nutria and of muskrat and rabbit fur, and the fact that thepopularity of the beaver hat began to wane about this time,* there waslittle if any cessation in the war of extermination carried on against them.It was found that the dressed skins were serviceable for small articles, suchas caps, cellars, cuffs, muffs and gauntlets, and as the population of theState was now rapidly increasing and hunters andtrappers becoming every day more numerous, theranks of the beaver continued to be thinned withmerciless rapidity. In 1830 I estimate the beaver population of theAdirondacks to have been about 500—perhaps less. In 1842. DeKay. who, as State Geologist of theextensive Xatural History Survey carried on by NewYork for several years commencing in 1836, madeexcursions in the Adirondacks for the express purpos

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