DACK PARK.
The Adirondacks are one of the favorite hunting-grounds of America. Owing to the stringent legal restrictions limiting the season for killing game, there is an abundance of deer, rabbits, partridge (grouse) and water fowl. Deer are hunted chiefly by stalking, the use of dogs being prohibited. Black bear and wildcats may be found in many parts of the mountains, but moose and caribou, which for merly were plentiful, have entirely disappeared. Several moose were introduced from other States in 1902 with the hope that they might again roam through the woods in numbers. Brook and lake trout and black bass are found in most of the streams and lakes and furnish excellent sport for the angler.
Resorts.— The climate of the mountains is bracing and healthful; in the summer season the heat is tempered by cool mountain breezes and by the elevation, and the severe cold of winter is made more endurable by the dry at mosphere. There are many sanitariums for
invalids, especially for those afflicted with pul monary diseases. The pleasure-seekers, who visit the mountains in great numbers, find am ple accommodations in the many hotels and camps. The railway lines afford easy access to most parts of the Adirondacks, while by taking advantage of the network of rivers and lakes the most remote regions can be reached without much difficulty. During the summer months steamboats make regular trips for the convenience of travelers on many of the larger lakes. For geology and mineral resources con sult Bulletins of the New York State Museum and Reports of the New York State Geologist: for forestry, the Reports of the State Forestry Commission; for botany, Reports of the State Botanist; all published at Albany. See NEW