Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-06-21

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tiles and fishes found in Vermont to the east
ward Of this line. are such as are common If
, o'her parts oi New England, while those found
70 The westward OF ii, are generally difTaren,
corresponding for the most mart Win d.,
fauna OF We,tern New York. or the rontilo,
1ound IN the western part Of Vermont ,yhicI,
are not. so far as | am Informed, fonnd n ,bo
eastward of the Green Mountains NAV bo rra,
TONED the Emys geogrdpLica the Trjon,y,
fer0r' The Rana horjs ma 'eS and the lyeaoJ r6,,.
rhlS m1cWaiuS Oar Ribbon Snake. if ilen,i.
cal, "a IT probably is, with the Coluber Ssp,i,a,
OF the eastern part OF New England. often f,s
rNr''uS III 'enG'h ,He measurement Of this spa.
cies usually given n bools~
But the fishes on the two sides or Mi, Ji,.,
dug line differ even more than the reo,ilas
The whole number Of spc ccs of Veru,ont fsboa
IS about fifty, OF these, more than FORTY enc.
c'es are pretty well determined and Of ,boso
determined, not more than four or five are COM.
mon 10 the two sides Of the Green Moun,sius
! mere are perhaps seven or eipht snecies
"hlch arc found on the east side of the NOM.
| '"'1S ana not on the west, and al least tbir,v
species on the west side which are NOT f,nnd
| IN any Vermont waters on the caet sde ,n1
more than twenty Of these thirty sneo;es 90
not so far As am informed fonnd in anv o,bor
New England waters. o. these twnn,v or
more species not found to the sonihcastwayd -,
lie E,ur 70 tho S,I,nor w. '"e i-erch lam
Iierrinr family ,,r,, ,o ,ho n'"f, H"r'e 10 the
mara 10 ,ho ~, r.;l. me Iamlly, tr0 or
ma o.e C,,fsh d,, TaI H No'tUs' one Corv-
Tho N,ll,sn, ~ V,., "". "R otnrgeonf
of prof G. " p,noI;n, ,'n' 1 uaTe' Dy the labors
ans hoon nrc,,y ,Loro,,rhiI Ill., r''' - Il At~
hardly any attention has been given ~ ,ho
ether classes Of our nvertebrated .,i,.l VIZ
There arc 7 beliere t,,,, a,eu ANIMALS
watcr Mollu.ks in I,lo CAaPoe' OF irtNh
have been fnurd nowhoro P''h' winch
able number Of species which arc ~, I["s,ue'7 enl
tboso last is ,Lo 7 in,,,e' 'i""''''nS' 'nS' one OF
nnly known local tv of this io"a ana tho
is in Err,irr,or Lo.. ,i'S !" vermont
h,en G,urJ nion,;t,iI,' u'rF nave sometimes
INV s,,,es If ,Lo u,a,or 49, N"'' creeks IN
feared they will soor ~, o.,i oHi Ml,1h -
Irvirr II, or rho croal., e''"'"''eu oy 'he
fh4ir havinr hacono ovoo,oI 'I'ence OF
wind. Inv The r,nnv,I or ,t,a W 'ne sun ana
shrnbb,rv which nr,,ocfoJ ,i .'''' ''eeS ana
Uaviur ciynn tbis b.;,r I
,f the nr,seni cond;,inr or ,n ~, 'tC' " ske'ch
Vermont, prooooJ 49,, ''"' history IN
,h. cn,,;,a.;. genera, remarks
,oun,rv nl,co. O,o . " "alural tory in
# the cul,iva,io, ~ nl,.r W. .'"' advantage
country. durino i,s ,-,nsto.,; "'.o'y III new
1nbrokon fnrn.ts 10 oli ''',' 'nse and
arm. ar, Sos from tbo on,n., ""u cm'''vated
Observing tho o.iginaI ds,ril;y ~ d"orus Iot
,ninals. and noting H., n,.: P,t"s ana
distribution is affected in onnso' ~ "'ll0l 'n"'
,hanpes wr)upht hv hurn,n a I'."oe u, 'he
within the n,rrau Ii;n;,. 10 ~ ago ICY. Even
,os i, ,be J,,,,;h,,;'r i tS VI vermont the cham
,a,o,non, -, tho S,,, " we animals since the
,oen ofa m,rtal nI "as rphhenced, have
,banres N tho 1000 t;al'a u e''''actt Ihese
,.,,a L,, aia " S"e' c'aS'e OF the verte-
o,aliv r-oat in H., ,,, t" t' IhPy are
jarlv in the 6.hn. ''a'seS' PaFtc-
When fine first so,,,o,,.-
[ermnnt. and for MAN., noa. Ws'e MADE IN
,nhle S,inon (S,,J,,,.,, ,'''s a''e'Wards, tha
ecticnt river and in Il, /fT ,Do'''!'u Ia Con-
II tho;r ,rinc;,,l ,r;LN Ne nam - I'm, and IN
,ow , M, a so,it,," ;,'r.,: ana where is 1t
.novIejro baan oh,or,,o ,,a,';""aI mas TO my
m, v voYr. \Vbon ~ % u. our Wa'ers Tor
,o.i sverv .,,a,,n il, ,i'a S,". was new, al
# with br,oL ,rnr, IS,jyt a.Y sWarm'
vas true in many n,E,s evan N,l ',;,I:,l ih'S
collection and in m. SIMILAR .n,n s,. NY own
he mountains This y,s .l',,. e's among
ve- s,.n r., ,i,o. ha,. almost 'he only h'n
,no,r rod f.on, ,ha ,r o,, lave now nearIy all dis.
,rir nlace is in son,, ] p''os Ut 'ne state, and
,y small AMI ",or,II "e's"fr' occupied bya
Mo nonJ, also ab,undo, ~ 'es VI Cyprin'ud'
,oso fron, ,ho s,,a.'n ~ To"'' winch, with
,rt of tho srs,on,,, c ~ ." important
,,t ,,o.o oorI,, .n.,lS ~" garry settlers
atu,.l dist,ihi,i,o nf n,'. o"''t"' win The
royo il by ,La ;n,rnJna,; "'"'S' sought 10 I'M
iclarel ;nto ,hoso ,r,,,,, VI 'i'e Vorac ols
,oi, mid in rho ov.arnniap p'"uS t,"S securing
out ard in Isnr;y;n,' ','a'a'n ,h OF the delicious
van vh;cL prn,,iic ''s'n Ewes OF that rich
~, ,hosa r;o,araI ,,. "'u pr' 'V'ued Tor tiem .
70 york nf d,s,'n.,i,,' "o % IN performing
|, mos, ne,y coun,r,',. ,
=. cnnncctoJ u;,,, ,l are cIrcumstan-
bich rrostly f,..';,a,o og'" o' ne streams
h, scc rfrcn ;'o.a ",u 'H'enu Inc range
- ~ Ip'I"@' al d INA brooks
.e W. @''""'' are cove ed with dense for
- ""''' prevent eNafnratlon irom their sur
ce' ana WIN l9Es ana leaves, viii prevent
e waters Ira'n passing quickly of into the
eam', 1t IS q1ite IN m 10 find, not in level
'uh'rleS only, but in mountain )us repio,.. ,,vo
more, streams originating from the s,ma
' un7 or pond. or fountain. and rpnnino oT;,
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