The Yellowstone Park 
ing clear of timber by following from one 
to the other the open, winding glades and 
long stretches of meadows and shallow drain- 
age-channels which carry the melting snows 
to the sources of the Yellowstone and Snake 
rivers. It is in these secluded nooks and 
sheltered spots that one finds the game. 
A reservation for the protection and main- 
tenance of our large game under natural 
conditions requires an extensive region un- 
broken by an area adapted for the abode 
of man or subject to the disturbances of a 
continuous traffic. With the rapid encroach- 
ments of civilization in the Rocky Mountains, 
these conditions demand that the country set 
apart should be unfit for agricultural purposes, 
and free from mineral resources to tempt the 
cupidity of the advance-guard of settlers. 
The Yellowstone Park meets the require- 
ments of such a natural reservation better 
than any other locality that could be selected. 
The severity of its climate during the greater 
part of the year renders the region a forbid- 
ding one for settlement and permanent occu- 
pation by man. On the other hand, the 
broad expanse of forest incloses sequestered 
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