TABLE 2-2. The forest mammals recorded in the responses of Prince Edward Island residents to the question: 
     
     ”What wild animals were in the Island in your young days?", (plus also in the responses to four other questions - 
     
     see the footnotes) — all included in a questionnaire sent out to “the oldest inhabitants” in 1876 (Questionnaire 
     
     1876). The names and the date of birth or settlement of the respondents are listed below the table. See the main 
     
     text for the identification of the animals named. (’N’ = the animal is reported as ’not heard of’ on the island.) 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     The respondents: 1 — Alexander Anderson (Bedeque) [b.1795]; 2 - Charles and Robert Anderson (New London) 
     
     [b. 1802 and 1794, respectively]; 3 - John Brooks (Murray Harbour) [settled 1822]; 4 - Richard Hudson (Tryon) 
     
     [settled 1817]; 5 — Peter Praught (Pownal) [b. 1796]; 6 - Charles Ramsay (Montrose) [b. 1804]; 7 - John B. 
     
     Schurman (Summerside) lb. 1805]; 8 - William Sencabaugh (Murray Harbour) [b. 1796]; 9 - Peter Sinott (Morell) 
     
     [settled 1821]; 10 — no name # 1 [b. 1813 at Wood Islands]; 11 - no name # 2 [b. 1799 at Bedeque]. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Question 62 asked: “Do you know anything ofa plague of mice, and when did it happen?". In addition to the 
     
     seven respondents above, three others answered this question positively (William Jenkins of Pownal [b. 1783], 
     
     Neil McCallum of Brackley Point [b. 1786], and Lawrence Peters of Rollo Bay [b. 1809]). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Question 60 asked: " Were there many bears 50 years ago, and were they dangerous?”. In addition to the eleven 
     
     respondents above, four others answered the question positively (George Brace of Charlottetown [settled 1832], 
     
     William Jenkins of Pownal, Neil McCallum of Brackley Point, and Dr. John Mackieson of Charlottetown [settled 
     
     1821]). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Question 89 asked: ”Do you know anything of the existence of moose on the /s/and?”. Respondents 1, 8 and 1 1 
     
     above, plus one other (Ewen McMillan of West River [b. 1815]), said they had found ’moose horns’, while 
     
    
   
   
    
     respondents 3 and 9 above, plus one other (Dr. John Mackieson of Charlottetown), had not heard of moose on 
     
     the island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Question 65 asked in part: "Were wi/dpigeons ever here?”. In addition to the nine respondents above, two others 
     
     answered positively (Wellington Compton of Belle Creek [b. 1815] and Ewen McMillan of West River). 
     
    
   
   
    
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