Hunting in Many Lands 



Act, which was signed by the President on 

 May 7th. A strange coincidence in the cases 

 of Van Dyck and Howell is that both were 

 accompanied by their faithful watchdogs, and 

 neither dog gave a sign of the approach of 

 the enemy, and both men swore vengeance 

 on their faithless protectors. 



The preservation of elk, deer, antelope and 

 the carnivora is assured. Their numbers else- 

 where, their wide distribution within the Park, 

 their relatively small commercial value, added 

 to the danger attendant on killing them within 

 the Park, is a sufficient protection. Moose 

 and mountain sheep will probably increase for 

 similar reasons, although they are less gener- 

 ally distributed and are of greater value to 

 head hunters. With the bison it is different. 

 They have entirely disappeared from all other 

 parts of the country, and they are of sufficient 

 money value to tempt the cupidity of the 

 hunters and trappers who surround the Park 

 on all sides. It is told that a fine bison 

 head has been sold, delivered in London, for 

 ^200 — nearly $1,000 in our money. A tax- 

 idermist would probably be willing to pay 

 $200 to $500 for such a scalp. Many a hardy 

 frontiersman, who has no sentiment for their 



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