slopes of the mountain. There are also a few deciduous 

 trees, most of them in the immediate vicinity of the springs. 



The ford at which the Secretary crossed the lake is at 

 the south end of the island, on the east side. From the 

 landing-place a hard, dirt road runs along the shore to a 

 brick ranch house, built there by the Mormons, and now 

 used as a dwelling by ]Mr. Dooly's foreman. It is sur- 

 rounded by out-buildings and corrals. At the corrals were 

 three buffalo calves that the foreman was trying to domes- 

 ticate. Two were fed on milk from a bucket, and the third 

 had for a foster mother a graded Hereford cow, from 

 whom the little fellow was allowed to take his nourishment 

 at stated periods. 



After dinner a party of four, including the writer, set 

 out on horseback to look for the buffalo herd. The first 

 buffalo seen was a solitary old bull. He was (|uietly graz- 

 ing down by the shore of the lake, but when the Secretary 

 attempted to photograph him, he showed much spirit, 

 charging the horse repeatedly. One of the ])arty, Chaun- 

 cey White, photographed him in one of these charges, but 

 owing to the distance, the picture is very small. 



Later in the afternoon we came upon a bunch of twelve 

 buffaloes, half way up the east side of the mountain. 

 They were extremely wild, dashing through the sage-brush 

 like jack-rabbits. They were the most active buffalo the 

 writer has ever seen. Mounted on a big, thoroughbred 

 horse, the Secretary was able to get near enough to obtain 

 photographs of the animals as they hurried over the rough 

 ground, but it recpiired continuous hard riding to kee]) 

 up with them. 



Next morning, in company with the foreman the writer 

 crossed the ridge and visited the west side of the island. 

 From evevy point there are wonderful views of the lake. 

 The country is very rugged and broken, and much of it 

 rocky, but there are numerous dra^vs and coulees, most of 

 them with more or less pasture, and all offering excellent 

 shelter for the animals. We saw a bunch of fifteen buffalo 

 dash away from near the top of the ridge, and through a 

 field glass watched them as they ran for perha])s two miles, 

 until they were lost around a bend in the hills. Several 

 other buff'aloes were seen singly, or in small groups. Of 

 the forty-five head now said to be on Antelope Island, the 



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