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Russia through a third party, he can 

 not get them out lawfully. 



(3) j\Iost European countries pro- 

 hibit the importation of live stock from 

 Asia, on account of certain diseases, and 

 especially is that true of England, the 

 United States and Canada, where it is 

 nearly impossible to secure a permit to 

 land them. Even where an exception is 

 made for purely experimental or exhibi- 

 tion ])urposes, the most rigid qviarantine 

 is imposed, lasting for months. Those 

 foreigners who have travelled in Russia 

 with proper credentials showing them 

 to be interested in scientific research 

 work will testify to the great courtesies 

 shown them by Russian officials, and 

 this explains why I have been able to get 

 out a few head of Karakuls. But on 

 account of the mistakes which I made 

 in my first and, to some extent, in my 

 second importation (for I suspect that 

 some of the animals in the latter were 

 related, after all), I hope to secure per- 

 mission to export a few more sheep 

 direct from Bokhara. During my last 

 visit there, I did not learn certain facts 

 about the source of the Karakuls which 

 I bought until after I had used the per- 

 mit given me by the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, and had already for- 

 warded to America the sheep which I 



later discovered might possibly be in- 

 bred, in some cases at least. 



I expect soon to leave for a third trip 

 to Asia, where I hope to secure pemiis- 

 sion from the emir to export a few more 

 sheep for scientific experiments, and I 

 trust that this time I w411 be permitted 

 to make my own selections over a vast 

 area, thus being able to put such a large 

 distance between the source of one 

 animal and another, that the chance of 

 getting related stock will be remote and 

 negligible. Of course, as a preliminary, 

 everything dc])cnds on my getting a 

 l^ermif' from the U. S. De]:)artment of 

 Agriculture to bring the sheep into this 

 country — a privilege that has already 

 been denied to me by the chief medical 

 officer of the Canadian quarantine 

 department at Ottawa. 



Though not permitted to enter the 

 forbidden zone of Bokhara and Trans- 

 caspia last March, I hope to be able to 

 do so this time, as it is the opinion of the 

 Russian Department of Justice that 

 since I became naturalized in America 

 without the permission of the Russian 

 government, I am, technically, still a 

 Russian citizen, w^ho needs but return 

 with a Russian passport in order to 

 enjoy all the rights and ])rivilcges of 

 Russian citizenship. 



*Dr. Young secured the desired permit and left for /^sia in February, after completing this 

 paper. — The Editor. 



Quail Breeding 



Experiments in the propagation of game l)irds ha\-e been successfully con- 

 ducted this summer on the estate of William Rockefeller at Tarry town, N. Y., 

 under direction of Herbert K. Job, State Ornithologist of Connecticut. A man 

 secured by Mr. Job was employed and carried on the work under his direction. 

 No attempt w£is made to raise a large number of any one species, the ]-)uri)ose 

 being to work out a practicable system for ])rivate estates. About 200 \-oung 

 bobwhite quail were reared to maturity, with trifling loss and no outlireak of 

 any disease. The i)heasant rearing was successful. A few liroods of the Hungarian 

 partridge were raised, and of the tinnamou, a curious South American game 

 bird, also wood ducks and other waterfowl, and a considerable flock of guinea 

 fowl. Under Mr. Job's system the young were hatched by bantams and the 

 broods allowed free range by day, being shut in at night, they were scattered 

 over the great estate, and the young broods of game birds with their foster mothers 

 were an attractive feature all simimer on the wide lawns. Trapping and other 

 destruction of vennin was at the same time carried f)n. — Forest and Stream. 



