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ing programme carried out in 1905, work of equal magnitude 

 and importance was performed in the building of new walks 

 and the thorough reconstruction of old walks. The most impor- 

 tant items of this work must be mentioned. 



From the new entrance at West Farms two new walks were 

 constructed. One leads westward between the southern border 

 plantation and the new Fallow Deer Range to the south door of 

 the Antelope House. The other runs northward along the ridge 

 forming the eastern edge of the buffaloes' plateau to the foot 

 of the steps below the Lydig Memorial Arch. A third new line 

 — known as the " Jungle Walk " — leads from a point near the 

 lower end of the Beaver Pond, northward through the beautiful 

 wooded valley, to the shore of Lake Agassiz. From thence it 

 follows the south bank of the lake and river, past the falls, to 

 the Bronxdale Entrance. This opens up a new section, and will 

 soon render available for use the entrance on the Boston Road, 

 near the bridge. 



Owing to the density of the forest traversed by the greater 

 portion of this walk, and the great damage to the trees that would 

 have resulted from any attempt to lay Telford macadam, that 

 portion of the walk was built of planks that had been soaked in 

 creosote, and set on red-cedar posts. This work was accom- 

 plished without once driving a team into the thick forest, and 

 without jeopardizing the life of a single tree. This improvement 

 consumed 36,000 feet of spruce lumber and 5,000 feet of red- 

 cedar posts. 



The portion of this walk which lies alongside the lake and 

 river was constructed of macadam, for which it was necessary to 

 build on the river side a massive retaining wall, and erect upon 

 it an iron guard rail. On account of the failure of the Brown 

 & Fleming Contracting Company to fulfil their contract for 

 furnishing stone and screenings, the macadamized portion of this 

 walk, and the surfaces of other walks also, could not be finished 

 during the year. 



The total area of new walks built during the year 1905 was 

 66,050 square feet, or an average of 4,128 lineal feet of walk, 16 

 feet wide. The lines were as follows : 



Jungle Walk, — Beaver Pond to Northeast Entrance. 

 Buffalo Ridge Walk,- — West Farms Entrance to Lydig Arch 

 Steps. 

 Grant's Walk, — West Farms Entrance to Antelope House. 

 Asiatic Deer Walk, — Aquatic Bird House, westward. 



