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Excerpt from A Statistical Account of Several Towns in the County of Litchfield
The Soil of the township, generally, is black and red loam, and clay. From the variety of the soil, there is a corresponding variety of forest trees; sugar maple, but ton-wood, willow, hornbeam, sassafras, butternut, beach, birch, pine, hemlock, oak, hickory, elm, pepperidge, bass, poplar, chesnut, wild cherry, dogwood, alder, 8m. Perhaps there is no town in Connecticut, with so dense a population, which is so well supplied with wood and timber, as Litchfield. Few places yield finer views. From some of the eminences 'may be seen the hills on the eastern side of Connecticut River, and the Catskill mountains on the west of the Hudson. One of them is about a mile north-west of the court-house, from which there is a very enchanting view.
Animals. Many years after the settlement of this town, deer, bears, and wild turkies, were numerous. Deer and bears have been taken by hunters, between the years 1760 and 17 70, and tuxkies at a later period. Wild-cats occasionally visit us, and destroy sheep and lambs. A small tract near the north-east part of this town, is rough and ledgy, and affords them a refuge from hunters and their dogs. Considerable mischief was done by them in the winters of 1811 and 1812.
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