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Footnotes: 1 Many of the animals of the American forests resort to
those spots where salt springs are found. These are called
"licks" or "salt licks," in the language of the country,
from the circumstance that the quadruped is often obliged to
lick the earth, in order to obtain the saline particles.
These licks are great places of resort with the hunters, who
waylay their game near the paths that lead to them.
2 The scene of the foregoing incidents is on the spot where
the village of Ballston now stands; one of the two principal
watering places of America.
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