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specimens of this beautiful sheep may be seen alive on the At- 

 lantic coast in the near future. 



The expedition found sheep in small bunches where Professor 

 Dyche had seen them in hundreds a few years ago. They are 

 being rapidly killed off for the sake of their meat, hides, and for 

 the trophies afforded by their horns. The same destruction is 

 being meted out to the other large game animals of Alaska, and 

 the tragedy of the destruction of the American bison is being 

 enacted over again in our Arctic province. It threatens the ex- 

 termination not of a single species, but of all the different species 

 of mountain sheep, mountain goats, caribou, and moose indis- 

 criminately, as well as of the bear and other carnivores. Laws, 

 if properly enacted, may postpone the day of destruction, but 

 the most effective measure for the preservation of the animal 

 life of Alaska would be the creation of large game reserves in 

 suitable localities, where the killing of any sort of animal is ab- 

 solutely prohibited, as it is to-day in the Yellowstone Park. 



Following this article are the notes by Mr. Loring on the 

 various mammals and birds under observation during the ex- 

 pedition, and some suggestions as to the need of game laws, and 

 the particular points to be covered by the proposed legislation. 



Madison Grant. 



