1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . •N 1830 it would not perhaps have beenmuch exaggeration to have calledWoburn the Happy HuntingGrounds, for the game then was soabundant, and of such a variety, asalmost to have satisfied Nimrod himself. This city at that time was mainly an agriculturalplace, with forests of old wood, which afforded shelterfor game. The many ponds and streams, then betterfilled than now, were the haunts of numerous furbearing animals, as well as wild fowl and fish, whilemost o
1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . •N 1830 it would not perhaps have beenmuch exaggeration to have calledWoburn the Happy HuntingGrounds, for the game then was soabundant, and of such a variety, asalmost to have satisfied Nimrod himself. This city at that time was mainly an agriculturalplace, with forests of old wood, which afforded shelterfor game. The many ponds and streams, then betterfilled than now, were the haunts of numerous furbearing animals, as well as wild fowl and fish, whilemost of the New England states then furnished grainfields enough to tempt the wild pigeon {Edopistesviigratoria), the quail {Ortyx virginianus), 2^Vi^ thepartridge ( Tcti^ao jimbellus), to remain and increaseamong us ; while in the streams and ponds, the mus-quash {Ondatra zibethica), was everywhere abundant;the mink {Mustela vison), the raccoon {Procyon lotor),and the fox ( Vulpes fulvus), all very common, withthe weasel {Putorius pusillus); while occasionally thehunters were treated to a sight of an otter {Lutra can-. 101 adensis), and oftener to his track in the snow, lookingas if a log had been drawn along, owing to the short-ness of its legs ; all these, with the rabbit in sorts(Cuniailus), grey squirrels (Sciurus leucotis), andothers; the skunk {Mephitis americana), i\x& seecawkof the Indians, usually hunted by moonlight in thefall; the woodchuck {Ardomys empetja), both goodeating when young, especially the skunk, which looksand tastes like chicken ; together with wild ducks{Anas) of various kinds, the loon {Colymbusglacialis),the woodcock {Philohela minor), and other wild birds,with the Canada snow bunting {Struthers), the vari-ous owls {Surnia), including occasionally a specimenof the great snowy owl of the north {Surnia harfang)in cold winters, as a rarity, the crow {Corvus anieri-cana), the blue jay {Garrulus ci^istatus), others,in winter ; with trout in summer, and
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